Sofa set consisting of a sofa, 2 armchairs, 4 chairs and footrest
All parts of the same basic shape and the same decor.
Front legs as round posts that are set before the frame. The angular and curved hind legs mortised into the frame. Rectangular seat at the front slightly rounded, high cushion. The armrests on the chair and sofa are right angles, the pillars formed as a continuation of the legs similar to this.
Width frame strip around the rectangular backrest. All parts with fine relief ornamentation covered. Front legs and rest supports are fluted. In the lower part of the rest support Gorgonocephalidae. To the frame bound laurel rod with rosettes. Upper part of the seat back frame with acanthus tendril. Laterally an acanthus leaf capitals. The remaining parts of the frame with a frieze of alternating four-petalled flowers and bilobed leaves
Punch: "P. Bellangé" and "Tuileries"
Bauer, Margrit; Europäische Möbel von der Gotik bis zum Jugendstil, 2. Auflage; hrsg. von Museum für Kunsthandwerk, Frankfurt am Main, 1981, S. 152, Nr. 208
Museum für Angewandte Kunst
Schaumainkai 17
60594 Frankfurt (Main)
Germany