A cooperation between Catherine and Zed de Tremont, "Twice Baked" and "Caprices des Anges".
Asked my mother to take some pictures of some antique objects she has of which some are passed down for at least a few generations. Not all of them are suitable to recreate for virtuals but some of them are actually very suitable.
First one a simple but nice Louis-Philippe chair (1830-1848), this is the easiest to recreate version there is still one where swan heads are worked in the back. Very elegant but need to think about how to handle those.
With the Louis Philippe style it was for the first time possible for the middle class to have more "elevated" furniture. It is the start of democratisation of a number of pieces of which the most famous and typical for this time is the sledge bed (lit bateau). Typical are gracious curved pieces of wood. Relatively simple and less ornamented furniture and in general easier to accept for modern eyes in a more modern interior. Artisans started to work in series instead of individual pieces. The industrial revolution had started.
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