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Armchair (part of a set)

Frame by Nicolas-Quinibert Foliot (1706–1776, warden 1750/52)

Designer:: Probably after a design by Pierre Contant d'Ivry (French, Ivry-sur-Seine 1698–1777 Paris)
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:: 40-7/8 x 29 x 26 in. (103.8 x 73.7 x 66.0 cm)
Classification:: Woodwork
Credit Line:: Purchase, Martha Baird Rockefeller Gift, 1966
Accession Number:: 66.60.2

This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 525

Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

Marking: Branded on inside of back of seat rail: crowned initial G (inventory mark of King Georg) Incised near above mark: VII Incised on slip seat: VIII Branded on inside of slip seat: crowned initial G (inventory mark of King Georg) Incised on inside of slip seat: X Incised on slip arm: I, VIIII
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
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Who
Beauvais (154)

Jean-Baptiste Oudry (95)

Nicolas-Quinibert Foliot (17)

Pierre Contant d'Ivry (6)
What
Wood (9,155)

Gilt (9,080)

Furniture (5,719)

Woodwork (2,574)

Seating furniture (1,796)

Chairs (1,491)

Armchairs (548)

Beech (219)
Where
Europe (150,450)

France (49,658)

Paris (2,007)
When
A.D. 1600-1800 (67,255)
In the Museum
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts (43,182)
Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
The Golden Age of French Furniture in the Eighteenth Century

French Furniture in the Eighteenth Century: Seat Furniture

France, 1600–1800 A.D.
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