Lion snouts armchair

Impressive mahogany chair. The high back reclines using bronze handles shaped as lion snouts. The armrests are finished by carved lion heads. The circular rotating seat is adjustable.

It stands on four claw feet.

Period: France, early nineteenth century

This chair has an inscription in ink on the underside of the belt Foliot tapissier rue de Bourbon-Villeneuve. He must be a descendant of Quinibert Nicolas Foliot (who owned two houses in Bourbon Street (now rue d’Aboukir)). In the trade almanac Foliot tapissier is registred in this street between 1823 and 1828.

sizes:
High.         120 cm.             47 1 / 4 in.
Width.       74 cm.               29 in..
Deepth.     64 cm.               25 in..