French Louis XVI Walnut Salon Suite, 19th Century

• Reeding - A series of parallel, raised convex mouldings or bands, in section resembling a series of the letter 'm'. The opposite form of fluting, with which it is sometimes combined. Reeding is commonly found on chair legs, either turned or straight, on the arms and backs of chairs and couches and around table edges in the Neoclassical or Classical Revival manner. Reeding was also used as a form of decoration during the Edwardian period, but it is usually much shallower and evidently machine made.

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• seating, lounges, settees and suites
  • canape (settees) 83
  • salon suites 131
  • suites - salon, drawing room and parlour 131
• settees and sofas
  • French 97
  • Victorian 202