Brief History of French Furniture	..

Introduction

Fine French Furniture - with its unequaled grace and invention, its unassuming practicality and enduring charm - holds a special interest for us today. It meets all demands of modern living, where homeowners seek furniture that expresses not only warmth and comfort but beauty, tradition and timeless simplicity. Its design represents elegance and chic, its small scale is ideally suited to modern homes, its gentle craftsmanship indicates immeasurable comfort. And it represents over two hundred years of gracious vitality, of time-tested endurance, of unsurpassed appreciation. Auffray Co., makers of fine French furniture renowned for its authenticity and distinction, hopes the following will acquaint you with the interesting background of this historically rich period.