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Armchair (Fauteuils à la reine) (one of a pair)

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Armchair (Fauteuils à la reine) (one of a pair)

Georges Jacob (1739–1814, master 1765)

Maker:: Possibly embroidered by Joseph-François-Xavier Baudoin (1739– ca. 1786)
Date:: ca. 1780–85
Culture:: French (Paris)
Medium:: Carved and gilded walnut, covered in embroidered silk-satin
Dimensions:: 40-1/4 x 29-1/2 x 30 5/8 in. (102.2 x 74.9 x 77.8 cm)
Classification:: Woodwork
Credit Line:: Gift of Samuel H. Kress Foundation, 1958
Accession Number:: 58.75.25

This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 524

Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

Signature: G + IACOB (impressed on underside of back seat rail)
Provenance

Louis-Jean-Marie de Bourbon, duc de Penthièvre , Hôtel de Toulouse (ca. 1780–93) ; Louise-Marie-Adélaïde de Bourbon-Penthièvre, Duchesse d'Orléans (1793–97) ; Gabriel-Julien Ouvrard ; Louis Philippe Joseph, duc d'Orléans (1814–43) ; Marie-Clémentine-Caroline-Léopoldine-Clothilde d'Orléans, Princess of Saxe Coburg and Gotha (1843–1907) ; [ Duveen Brothers (by 1934) ] ; The Samuel H. Kress Foundation (until 1958; to MMA)
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Who
Georges Jacob (31)

Joseph-François-Xavier Baudoin (2)
What
Silk (32,922)

Needlework (10,342)

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Wood (7,651)

Furniture (5,725)

Embroidery (5,467)

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Walnut (909)

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Europe (148,590)

France (52,276)

Paris (2,025)
When
A.D. 1600-1800 (66,180)
In the Museum
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Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
France, 1600–1800 A.D.

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