Carved Fauteuil à la Reine in Solid Teak — Laurel Wreath Crest, White Linen, Louis XVI Manner

About this object

A fauteuil à la reine — the flat-backed, high formal armchair of the Louis XVI court — carved in solid teak and finished in a warm walnut tone against white textured linen. The crest carries the full neoclassical emblem: a laurel wreath over crossed torches, flanked by carved foliate sprays, with turned finials capping the fluted back posts. This is the bedroom chair of the grand European hotel, the single carved seat beside the bed that tells a guest what kind of house they are in, and it serves the same office at home: bedside, dressing corner, or the head of a writing desk. The carving programme on this chair is the densest in the Kahgez Atelier range, and it is cut, not cast — every wreath leaf, torch flame and acanthus curl worked by chisel into the teak itself. The difference is visible at the edges: cut carving has undercuts and shadow; applied ornament sits on the surface like decoration on a cake. The arms descend through carved acanthus scrolls to a ribbon-and-bead seat rail, and the upholstery follows the period formula exactly — padded back, sprung seat, and the small padded armrests the French call manchettes. A matching linen scatter cushion completes it. À la reine means the back is flat rather than curved — the formal posture, designed for chairs that stood against the wall of a salon and were drawn forward for conversation — and it is also why this chair reads so commandingly beside a bed or desk. As a pair flanking a fireplace or console, it furnishes a formal room outright. It is the natural companion to the Atelier's French Provincial bed and the gold-leaf bergère; in the same room, the three settle a complete vocabulary. Fabric, polish tone and carving accents adjustable at order.