The Paris Apartment Collection Antique Sketch No. 908: Louis XVI Vanity Chair with Flower Basket Back, Paris Atelier Drawing

She's tender but regal. Playful but formal. She's exactly the kind of piece you'd imagine tucked beside the queen's vanity in the Petit Trianon, where ribbons and letters mingled with lavender-scented air. Numbered 908, this rare original sketch from a 19th-century Parisian design atelier features a Louis XVI-style side chair with a gently arched shield back, slender turned legs, and the most charming detail of all, a flower basket delicately drawn at its center. Whisper-soft but unmistakable, it appears as though stitched in the threads or embroidered into fabric, echoing the sentimental motifs so loved in the era of Marie Antoinette. This drawing would have served as a reference for high-style furniture destined for private chambers, dressing salons, or the intimate corners of a grand residence. Pieces like this were not merely functional; they were expressions of femininity, craftsmanship, and ritual.Framed in brushed gold with a double mat and archival glass, this one-of-a-kind drawing has the lyrical quality of a love letter, a celebration of beauty in its most graceful form. Similar works are preserved in the decorative arts archives of major institutions such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art archives in New York, and this piece stands confidently in that lineage.From a private collection curated by The Paris Apartment." The Paris Apartment