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Armchair (part of a set)

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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
Gilt (9,043)

Wood (7,651)

Furniture (5,725)

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Europe (148,590)

France (52,276)

Paris (2,025)
When
A.D. 1600-1800 (66,180)
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European Sculpture and Decorative Arts (43,257)
Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
French Furniture in the Eighteenth Century: Seat Furniture

The Golden Age of French Furniture in the Eighteenth Century

France, 1600–1800 A.D.
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