Armchair (France), ca. 1780

Open-armed, wide chair (a); rectangular back, blue-and-gray painted frame carved with twisted ribbon band and bead-and-reel band; arms terminate in scroll and acanthus leaf; acanthus leaf on knees; stop-fluted legs with rosette in square on two sides above each front leg. X in square on two sides above each rear leg. Boxed back, arm rests and loose seat cushion (b) upholstered in light blue velvet.