Rambouillet cottage chair

Rambouillet cottage chair

• Localisation : The Grande Singerie
• Année de création :Circa 1780
• Artiste :François II Foliot

Description

This chair is one of a set commissioned from the chairmaker François II Foliot by the Duke of Penthièvre, an ancestor of the Duke of Aumale, in 1780-1781, to furnish the circular room in the shell cottage he had built in the grounds of his château in Rambouillet. The chair’s decor matches that of the cottage: reeds mingled with corals and leaves form its legs, and the seat has the shape of a shell valve. It is not yet known how or when the Duke of Aumale acquired it. The back of the chair is shaped like an anchor, reminding us that the Duke of Penthièvre was Admiral of France.