Empire Mahogany And Gilt Bronze Office Chair Signed Schmit In Paris

Chair with inverted X back, forming an office seat. Excellent condition, varnished, fabric and original gilded bronzes Empire style, mid-19th century Signed Schmit in Paris with a stamp under the seat as well as under the bronzes in ink Seat height 46 cm *1818 Creation of Maison Schmit , its creator Frédéric Schmit comes from Luxembourg. Maison Schmit is a pioneer in the segment of high-end “style” furniture and general layout (of castles and boats most often), 1828 Maison Schmit sets up its workshops at 22 rue de Charonne in Paris and developed an activity manufacturing furniture, fittings, artistic carpentry, decoration, store furnishings, tapestries, etc. Under the Second Empire the company became Schmit & Piollet in 1874 (associated with the cabinetmaking of Napoleon III), and is experiencing prodigious development, bringing together a team of decorators, cabinetmakers, sculptors, upholsterers, seat carpenters, bronze workers. Its influence is worldwide and it collects numerous awards throughout the world at all exhibitions, 1878 and 1889: Universal Exhibitions in Paris, Schmit received a gold medal on the occasion of this event. *Schmidt tradition.fr