The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Armchair (Fauteuil à la reine)

Armchair (Fauteuil à la reine)

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; embroidered silk satin
Dimensions:: H. 40 1/4 in. (102.2 cm), W. 29 1/2 in. (74.9 cm), D. 30 5/8 in. (77.8 cm)
Classification:: Woodwork
Credit Line:: Gift of Samuel H. Kress Foundation, 1958
Accession Number:: 58.75.26

This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 524

Description

The Museum has two armchairs (fauteuils à la reine) and two side chairs (chaises courantes) that were made about 1780 by Jacob; one of the armchairs is shown here. The carved and gilded frames reveal the finesse of the woodcarver's technique. The pieces are upholstered in white silk satin embroidered with colored silks; the design is in the style of Philippe de la Salle, the most prominent designer of woven silk fabrics of the period.
Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

Signature: [on underside of back seat rail, impressed]: G + IACOB
Provenance

Hôtel de Toulouse, ParisLouis-Jean-Marie de Bourbon, duc de Penthièvre , Hôtel de Toulouse, Paris (ca. 1780–93) ; Louise-Marie-Adélaïde de Bourbon-Penthièvre, duchesse d'Orléans (1793–97) ; probably Gabriel-Julien Ouvrard , Paris (1793) ; Louis Philippe Joseph, duc d'Orléans (1814–43) ; Marie-Clémentine-Caroline-Léopoldine-Clothilde d'Orléans, Princess of Saxe Coburg and Gotha (1843–1907) ; The Samuel H. Kress Foundation (until 1958; to MMA)
See also
Who
Georges Jacob (26)

Joseph-François-Xavier Baudoin (2)
What
Silk (33,873)

Needlework (10,274)

Gilt (9,077)

Wood (7,727)

Furniture (5,724)

Embroidery (5,474)

Woodwork (2,577)

Seating furniture (1,795)

Chairs (1,489)

Walnut (978)

Armchairs (548)

Satin (476)

Fauteuils à la reine (3)
Where
Europe (150,372)

France (49,614)

Paris (2,005)
When
A.D. 1600-1800 (67,128)
In the Museum
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts (43,228)
Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
France, 1600–1800 A.D.
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