Egyptian reproduction chair

Upon arriving in Cairo during the French invasion of Egypt in 1798, Napoleon I began the introduction of French and European influences that were to become the foundation of a new cultural era. French designers traveling with Napoleon tried to make Cairo look like Paris by emulating both its’ architecture as well as the French furniture designs so popular during this era and the era of the Louis Kings that preceded it. In doing so, France left a legacy that even today is written all over the European style neighborhoods of Cairo. Many buildings in Cairo and other Egyptian cities have French colonial doors, wrought iron French style gates and French design balconies.