This charming French scroll-back armchair dates from the early 19th century, a period when comfort was beginning to rival formality, yet craftsmanship still ruled supreme. It features classic unturned legs with castors, a hallmark of French design, combined with a smooth, curved back, a high-quality frame, and beautifully balanced proportions. The original hessian lining—honest, tactile, and quietly timeworn—reveals the chair’s authentic bones, while the patina of the frame tells a gentle story of use and care, softened rather than diminished by time.
Perfectly imperfect, this is a chair made for slow living. Great to sit in as well as to look at, it invites long moments of rest, reading, or reflection, bringing with it the understated elegance of rural French interiors where beauty lived comfortably within everyday life and furniture was built to endure.
Size(cm): H84 D82.5 D62
*The armrests have a little movement, as one might expect with a chair of this age, and would benefit from being properly secured to the main frame in time. Some of our vintage pieces will inevitably have signs of wear and tear, including evidence of historic wood beetle from their previous lives. Please bear this in mind when purchasing.
This charming French scroll-back armchair dates from the early 19th century, a period when comfort was beginning to rival formality, yet craftsmanship still ruled supreme. It features classic unturned legs with castors, a hallmark of French design, combined with a smooth, curved back, a high-quality frame, and beautifully balanced proportions. The original hessian lining—honest, tactile, and quietly timeworn—reveals the chair’s authentic bones, while the patina of the frame tells a gentle story of use and care, softened rather than diminished by time.
Perfectly imperfect, this is a chair made for slow living. Great to sit in as well as to look at, it invites long moments of rest, reading, or reflection, bringing with it the understated elegance of rural French interiors where beauty lived comfortably within everyday life and furniture was built to endure.
Size(cm): H84 D82.5 D62
*The armrests have a little movement, as one might expect with a chair of this age, and would benefit from being properly secured to the main frame in time. Some of our vintage pieces will inevitably have signs of wear and tear, including evidence of historic wood beetle from their previous lives. Please bear this in mind when purchasing.
