Pair of gilt and white Empire style armchairs, 1950’s

Pair of Empire style armchairs in carved and gilt and white lacquered wood.
Standing on two front tapered legs and two back saber legs. Straight apron and uprights, rectangular backseat and seat.
Spherical handling part of the armrests, reminding the officers’ armchairs. Those seats were conceived as officers can sit while keeping their sword on their belt; to this end, armrests were in withdrawal or purely deleted and, as a substitute, there was a spherical knob armrest.
Carved ornamentation with friezes alternating Empire style typical patterns palm-leaves and rosettes.
Gold trim imitating the sharkskin, similar galuchat french word.

Work from the mid-20th century.

Dimensions : H 100 x W 65 x D 56 cm.

Reference : LS35072251