Bergère (armchair)

Louis-seize- Bergère (left) in the Boudoir des Comte d'Artois in Maisons-Laffitte (right: armchairs )

A bergère , (French, literally "shepherdess" ), is a French armchair . The seat, backrest and armrests are upholstered, but the wooden frame remains visible and is often lavishly decorated. The seat is provided with a matching, simply inserted seat cushion. A bergère serves as a comfortable, flexible and representative armchair in which you can sit upright.

The name was coined in 18th century Paris when the Bergère evolved from the chaise de commodité of the late 17th century.

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  Claude-Louis Burgat : Bergère en cabriolet , c. 1760–1770, France, in the Metropolitan Museum of Art , New York .

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  Jean Avisse : Bergère à la reine , 1780–1785, France, in the Art Institute of Chicago , Chicago .

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  Bergère à dôme ( Louis-quinze style ; replica of an original)

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  Bergère with tapestry from Beauvais, Georges Jacob, approx. 1780–89 ( Louis-seize style ), Museu Calouste Gulbenkian , Lisbon

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  Bergère in Louis-quinze style (replica of an original)

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  Bergère, Empire style , 10th Arrondissement Mayor, Paris .