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