The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Settee (part of a set)

Settee (part of a set)

Factory:: Tapestry by Beauvais
Factory director:: after designs by Jean-Baptiste Oudry (French, Paris 1686–1755 Beauvais)
Date:: ca. 1754–56
Culture:: French (Paris)
Medium:: Beechwood, gilded
Dimensions:: 43-1/8 x 92 x 43 in. (109.5 x 233.7 x 109.2
Classification:: Woodwork
Credit Line:: Gift of Martha Baird Rockefeller, 1966
Accession Number:: 66.59.1

This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 525

Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

Signature: N Q FOLIOT (on back chair rail)

Marking: Branded twice on seat rail stretchers: crowned initial G (inventory mark of King Georg); Incised on armrests: I
Provenance

Bernstorff Palace, Copenhagen, Denmark (Count Johann Hartvig Ernst Bernstorff)Count Johann Hartvig Ernst Bernstorff ; Andreas Peter Bernstorff ; Prince Frederick Ferdinand and Princess Caroline of Denmark ; King Georg of the Hellenes ; [ Charles Wertheimer ] ; J. Pierpont Morgan ; [ Duveen Brothers ] ; Duchess de Talleyrand ; Martha Baird Rockefeller (until 1966; to MMA)
See also
Who
Beauvais (154)

Jean-Baptiste Oudry (95)

Nicolas-Quinibert Foliot (17)
What
Gilt (9,043)

Wood (7,651)

Furniture (5,725)

Woodwork (2,582)

Seating furniture (1,792)

Beech (219)

Settees (57)
Where
Europe (148,590)

France (52,276)

Paris (2,025)
When
A.D. 1600-1800 (66,180)
In the Museum
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts (43,257)
Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
France, 1600–1800 A.D.