Desk chair by Canabas

A large desk chair with a rotating seat in mahogany.  The back and seat are caned.

The back and cushion are covered in beige velvet, and the apron is sculpted with flutes.

It stands on four tapering and fluted legs.

Period : Louis XVI.

Stamp: Joseph Gengenbach, known as Canabas, received as Master in April 1766. There are three stamps of Canabas as well as two JME.

Marks: •ASS. NAT. for Assemblée Nationale, fire stamped.

•N°27, with ink twice.

Size :

Height.                  85 cm.         33 1/2 in.

Width.                  57 cm.           22 1/2 in.

Depth.                  56 cm.           22 in.

The furniture of the States General used for the General Assembly frequently bears, in addition to the mark « ASS. NAT. », a four-figure inventory number (drawn up on the initiative of Thierry de Ville d’Avray). This is often for outmoded furniture (Louis XV); on the other hand, our armchair, with its two-figure inventory number, indicates one of the first orders made specially for the National Assembly.  .