Napoleon Deconstructed Armchair

These Napoleon-era armchairs have shed their finery and look all the better for it. Wrapped in plain cotton muslin with exposed tacks and webbing, they reveal the bones of 19th-century French craftsmanship, from their carved wooden frame to the elegant taper of its legs. In their heyday, chairs of this style would have been dressed in rich damask or velvet for salons and parlors, symbols of status and the influence of Napoleonic design, which favored classical forms with bold simplicity. Today, the deconstructed look has become a trend in itself, celebrated for showing the artistry usually hidden beneath upholstery. Sylvie likes to think of it as furniture in its raw, unfiltered state, attitude fully intact. There are two chairs available, although very similar, they are not identical, the bases and back shape are slightly different.

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