Jacques le Pautre

Jacques le Pautre didn’t just draw furniture—he made it dance. A Parisian craftsman in the late 1600s, he turned chairs and tables into swirling, leafy fantasies, etching them with the same restless energy he brought to his sketchbook. Flip through his prints of carved armchairs or cabinets and you’ll spot the same delicate flourishes he used to design the gilded frames in Versailles. See for yourself in the *H Beard Print Collection*—where every line feels like a secret handshake between art and everyday life.