CIRCA 1870, IN THE MANNER OF A.M.E. FOURNIER

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A NAPOLEON III GILTWOOD ROPEWORK STOOL
CIRCA 1870, IN THE MANNER OF A.M.E. FOURNIER
The circular padded seat covered in buttoned red velvet and cotton, gilding refreshed
14 ½ in. (37 cm.) high; 21 in. (53.5 cm.) diameter

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Lot Essay

This 'pouf a cordes' is inspired by the work of A.M.E. Fournier, an upholsterer established in the Boulevard Beaumarchais, Paris, in 1850. Amongst the earliest prototypes of this model was that supplied by Fournier to the Château de Compiègne (H. Hayward, World Furniture, London, 1965, p. 241, pl. 928).

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