Bargere
A bergère is an enclosed upholstered chair with a backrest and
armrests.
Appearing first in the Regence and Rococo periods in France in the
eighteenth century, the form continues in a more architectural
rectilinear stye in the Louis XV, Louis XVI, Directoire, and French
and American Empire styles.
A bergère includes a loose, but tailored, cushion, upholstered back,
upholstered seat, exposed wooden frame; arms may be exposed,
manchette style or upholstered. The frame of the chair is exposed
wood but the seat apron is upholstered also.
Types of bergères include: bergère en gondole and bergère
confessionale. The bergère en gondole has a horse-shaped back,
whereas the bergère confessionale is more rectilinear with a squared
back and often made of mahogany or gilded beech.
An all-upholstered low armchair that usually has an exposed wood
frame and enclosed sides. The upholstered arms are shorter than the
length of the seat, and a soft loose pillow rests on a
fabric-covered seat platform. It was introduced in the Louis XV
period and was also popular in the Louis XVI period.
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