Do You Know What A Gossip Chair Is?
The ‘Gossip Chair’, also known as a ‘Caquetoire’ became well loved in the late sixteenth century Europe. Since women wore voluminous farthingale skirts, they were cumbersome to manage in regular chairs. As furniture’s basic function is to make every day life more comfortable and answer lifestyle needs, the caquetoire chair came into being to accommodate these wide skirts. 
A caquetoire is an armchair with simply turned legs. It has curved arms, but the shape of the seat is what really distinguishes it. It was designed to be very wide in the front, and narrowed at the back, making a triangular shape. The back was high and paneled, and sometimes was decorated with carving and medallions.
These chairs were apparently grouped for ladies to sit together and chat or gossip. Indeed the word caquetoire comes from the word caqueter which means to chat
Caquetoire Image (c) S. Hasan
Somehow the translation favors the word gossip over chat. These chairs first appeared in France but then found their way to other European countries.
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What a fantastic article on the caquetoire! It is wonderful that you represent this antique chair so well! With the solid wood structure of this type of furniture, there is so much that can be restored, and even upholstered if the need be (as some of them did have fabric upholstery)!
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