Chaise longue 1895 - 1935

This "Chaise Longue Louis XV," was made by Léon Laroche in the form of a print; an image carefully positioned on the page. The pale blues and pinks, accented with gold, give off a sense of delicacy. I can almost feel the scratch of Laroche’s pen on paper, each stroke precise, controlled. It’s not about layering or gesture, but delineating form. I imagine him, hunched over his desk, eyebrow raised, making sure each flourish is just right, just so. It reminds me of those old architectural drawings, where every detail is rendered with painstaking accuracy. But there’s also a certain stiffness here, a formality. It’s not the kind of drawing that invites you to sink into the cushions. Instead, it’s like a record of an object, a moment frozen in time. And yet, something lingers, a whisper of luxury, a bygone era. It speaks to a world of leisure and refinement, a world where even the furniture has its own kind of swagger.