A NAPOLEON III GILTWOOD ROPEWORK STOOL

This 'pouf a cordes' is inspired by the work of A.M.E. Fournier, an upholsterer established in the Boulevard Beaumarchais, Paris, in 1850. Amongst the earliest prototypes of this model was that supplied by Fournier to the Château de Compiègne (H. Hayward, World Furniture, London, 1965, p. 241, pl. 928).