Fournier was a tapissier established from 1850 at 109, Boulevard Beaumarchais and subsequently at 12, Boulevard des Capucines. He exhibited tapestry and bedroom and drawing-room furniture at the 1867 Universal Exhibition.

A similar stool in the Palais de Compiègne is illustrated, M. Terrier, Guide du Musée de Compiègne, no. 88. Similar examples were sold in these Rooms, 25 September 1986, lot 271 and 7 June 1990, lot 123