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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Phil Harrison, post: 873507, member: 11507&quot;]hello</p><p>I recently bought a couple of antique chairs with what seem to be embroidered seats. The chairs are French and certainly antique, though the exact age is not clear. I was wondering whether anyone could educate me further about the technical execution, the style and perhaps the thematic ideas that the piece appears to be exploring? There seem to be representations of carved wooden rococo swags (that is to say, literal copies of the chairs wooden elements, rather than just generic, 2-dimensional rococo motifs) and tightly coiled lengths of rope, amongst other elements. Most intriguing is the central image which appears to depict two black ladies, shown from the rear and at a 3/4 angle, looking out to sea. You can see the profiles of their foreheads, cheekbones and chins, if you look closely. They seem to be wearing white headscarves tied at the nape of the neck.</p><p>Predominant colour seems to be some kind of red/crimson and what I guess might have been gold? Hard to be sure. Plus, I’m colour blind!</p><p>No expertise at all in this area and appreciative of any help that might be forthcoming. Apologies for the poor quality of the images, which were taken by my seller.</p><p>Phil.</p><p><br /></p><p>[GALLERY=media, 5067]Chair by Phil Harrison posted Aug 22, 2019 at 9:27 PM[/GALLERY]</p><p>[GALLERY=media, 5068]Chair by Phil Harrison posted Aug 22, 2019 at 9:27 PM[/GALLERY]</p><p>[GALLERY=media, 5072]Chair by Phil Harrison posted Aug 22, 2019 at 10:04 PM[/GALLERY]</p><p>[GALLERY=media, 5109]Chair by Phil Harrison posted Aug 23, 2019 at 5:35 PM[/GALLERY]</p><p>[GALLERY=media, 5126]Swag by Phil Harrison posted Aug 24, 2019 at 6:10 PM[/GALLERY][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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