This kind of armchair, upholstered between the arms and the seat, is called a bergère. It was introduced at the beginning of Louis XV’s reign, when furniture became less formal and changed according to the latest fashions, as a more comfortable piece of seat furniture. In fact, the armrests are set back from the front corner of the seat rail to accommodate the newly introduced voluminous dresses called “à panier”. The incised decoration on the outer back of the frame suggests that these chairs were intended to be used in the center of the room rather than to be placed against the paneling as part of the wall decoration.
Gilles Joubert supplied this armchair, a so-called Bergère en Cabriolet, a chair with rounded back. Joubert, who had been appointed cabinetmaker to the Garde-Meuble de la Couronne in 1758 and became cabinetmaker to the king in 1763, had a long and successful career that included numerous royal commissions. In fact, he received so many orders from the Crown that he often needed the assistance of other craftsmen to fulfill them.
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The chair contains 7 high quality, motion capturing bento poses (4 female and 3 male animations).
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Land impact is 1 for every size below the 1.32m of height.
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