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Fauteuil
Fauteuil pronounced \foh-til; Fr. foh-tœ-yuh\ Origin: 1735–45 French; Old French faldestoel, faudestueil < Old Low Franconian *faldistôl;. A fauteuil is a style of open-arm chair with a primarily exposed wooden frame originating in France in the early 18th century. A fauteuil is made of wood, and frequently with carved relief ornament. It is typically upholstered on the seat, the seat back and on the arms (manchettes). Some fauteuils have a valenced front seat rail which is padding that extends slightly over the apron. The exposed wooden elements are often gilded or otherwise painted.
‘There was also to correspond with a dais for the family of the bridegroom and fauteuils set out upon it, which they occupied. Armless chairs were for the Blanc connection.’
HIGH LIFE IN PARIS, From the Correspondent of the Tribune, Paris, 19th, November, 1880
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