Bedroom armchair

This chair is part of a large suite of bedroom furniture made for a Paris apartment. It is designed in a modified Louis XVI style, seen through the eyes of 19th century revivals. In this it shows clearly the historicising character of much 'progressive' French design of the early decades of the 1900s. The brocaded silk was also used for curtains, hangings and covers in the bedroom (see Museum no. W.46-1981). Born in 1884, André Groult was a French decorator and designer who began exhibiting his works at the Salon d'Autumne and at the Artistes Décorateurs in 1910. After working for La Maison Moderne, Groult established his own business and became well-known for work combining the aesthetics o

Armchair · France · ca. 1920. Ebony and stained maple, upholstered in brocaded silk (fabric reproduced from original). By Groult, André. Victoria and Albert Museum, London.