Armchair (Bergère a la reine et a châssis, assise cannée)
by FOLIOT, Nicolas-Quinibert, Carved, gessoed, and gilded beech; modern upholstery, 98 x 78 x 61 cm
Born into a family of chairmakers and furniture carvers, Nicolas-Quinibert Foliot distinguished himself as a skilled menuisier running a prosperous workshop for forty years in Paris in the 1700s. For much of his career, he worked for the French court, sending furniture to the palaces of Versailles, Compi�gne, and Fontainebleau. This earned him the title of menuisier du Garde-Meuble du Roi (Furniture-Maker to the King’s Household).