Recent Examples on the WebInstead, a vintage Louis XVI giltwood upholstered fauteuil delicately sits in one home’s sitting rooms alongside a 1920s Georgian wingback lounge velvet chair.—Isiah Magsino, Town & Country, 13 Dec. 2022 Unfortunately, the royal was only able to enjoy her new Etruscan fauteuil in her Versailles apartments for a couple of years before she was sent to the guillotine in 1793.—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 17 Nov. 2022 The 250-year-old Macret commode is expected to realize between $832,000 and $1.25 million, while the Jacobs fauteuil has a pre-auction estimate of $104,000 to $208,000.—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 17 Nov. 2022 The Macret commode has an estimate of €800,000-1,200,000, while the Jacobs fauteuil has a high estimate of €200,000.—Leena Kim, Town & Country, 16 Nov. 2022 His Southern antiques include a mid-19th-century mirror that reflects light from its perch on a console table, expanding the space, and a French fauteuil chair Mr. Carroll picked up in New Orleans years ago.—Kathryn O’Shea-Evans, WSJ, 20 May 2022 There are a pair of Louis XV fauteuils, a pair of Louis XV bergères, a pair of Jules Cavailles paintings that my mother and father bought on their first trip to Paris in the late '50s.—Christine Pittel, House Beautiful, 2 Oct. 2012 See More
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Word History
Etymology
French, from Old French faudestuel, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German faltistuol folding chair — more at faldstool
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