Swedish Baroque Chair

This is the back of a Swedish Baroque chair, ornate with the original leather. The seats are worn and lost, the remaining leathers have been removed from the chair and are now stored safely.

Color samples have been made at first. Along with Annika our Swedish distributor http://www.lagestapetserarverkstad.se we discussed the matter of how unusual the Putti looks. Indeed you will notice that he looks like a grown man, which is quite unusual. The fact is that the we find him not looking like a Putti at all, but a naughty Eros thats what he is !! The real identity of our Swedish Eros was revealed by Sophie & Jean Marc form www.academiededessin.net. He is no less than Gérard Depardieu ;-)

Unfortunately we don't have a panel with putti's in our collection, so we produced Abondance panels. The Abondance is from the same style and period, painted to match the original gilt leather. Our Swedish partners from Lages AB had to replace the worn leather.

The backs of the chairs were in fairly good condition. At Lages they decided to re-use them on the outbacks.

Annika struggled to find the correct light setting for a picture without reflections, at the end of the day she decided to take some pictures outside...

I believe this is a good example of a sensible renovation.