Louis XV Fruitwood Fauteuil Pair
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- Fruitwood - A catch-all term used to describe the wood of any of several fruit-bearing trees, such as the apple, cherry, or pear, used especially in cabinetmaking.
With a blond colour when finished, fruitwood was used in Europe, especially France, in the 18th and 19th centuries for larger items of furniture such as tables, chairs, cabinets and bookcases but in England its use was generally restricted to decorative elements such as inlays.
This item has been included into following indexes:
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chairs, singles / pairs / threes, style or period
- fauteuils (arm chairs) 240
- French 949
- Louis XV 353
- chairs, singles / pairs / threes, timber - European fruitwood 53
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