Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Louis, Louis

I was working with a client today on her Master bedroom and I suggested a reproduction Louis XVI chair to compliment a chaise we were considering for her reading nook.

I was reminded how different Louis XVI chairs, well all Louis chairs, can look depending on how you "dress" them.

Then can be quite formal and stuffy, not at all in a bad way, but with gilded finishes and silk brocades.



Or they can be clean and fresh feeling in a bleached oak finish and a natural textured fabric.

I recommend we do "clients" in a soft aged blue or green painted finish with a neutral textured plain fabric or small geometric. Clean and simple, with an unexpected zip of soft color.





Love them in cow hide and leather. So rustic and masculine.






I think Louis himself would have liked these yellow numbers.



Louis the XVI may be my favorite of all the Louis. I know he was a terror and all, but I do love his grandness and decadence. And that wife of his with her, "let them eat cake" mantra.....


I absolutely love this adorable polka-dot and black combo. Can you see this in a little girl's room?



And I simply adore Philippe Starck's take on XVI with the Louis Ghost chair.
The best part is a very traditional version can sit proudly in a modern setting and I think it is great when the Louis ghost is worked into a very classic home. So unexpected and fresh.

A Louis XVI chair can always be revived, reworked, and made a new. Never discard a Louis! It is a classic.



Cheers,


BBS

all images from Google image, Wisteria.com, Gardenhouse.com, and Philippe Starck


4 comments:

  1. Nice one Barry. I have 2 in my loft and thought I might be the only one that loved these chairs. I now feel validated...

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  2. Anthony 2.0-Thanks for the comment and I am glad you have been validated! You are not along, I promise.

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  3. I know the focus here is the chairs (and I do love them...) but I am seriously obsessing over the floor in the first image, its gorgeous!

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  4. I know isn't the floor amazing. I am trying to figure out which client's home I can use it in.

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