The first time I heard of ‘French India’ I was quite perplexed. The British Raj is certainly familiar to me, but the French in India? In fact the French established a number outposts on the subcontinent in the late 1600s, and a little bit of France is still evident in these areas. The marriage of French and Indian culture is evident in this settee; a typical French Louis XV (or French Rococo) form, now covered in a wonderful Indian chintz (a print with a hint of the Middle East, another region the French favored).