Armchair

Designer:: After a design by Jean Berain (French, Saint-Mihiel 1640–1711 Paris)

Medium:: Carved and gilded beechwood, with Beauvais tapestry covers of silk and wool.

Not on view

Inscription: On tapestry cover a cartouche with monogram CP reversed for Carl Piper.

tapestry covers: Count Carl Piper (from 1696) ; Benjamin Altman (until d. 1913; bequeathed to MMA)

Timelines
France, 1600–1800 A.D.

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Date: 1715–20 Medium: Carved and gilded beechwood, with Beauvais tapestry covers of silk and wool Accession: 14.40.779 On view in:Not on view

Date: 1715–20 Medium: Carved and gilded beechwood, with Beauvais tapestry covers of silk and wool Accession: 14.40.780 On view in:Not on view

Fire screen

Date: late 17th–early 18th century Medium: Carved walnut, wool and silk tapestry panel Accession: 41.190.212a, b On view in:Not on view

Date: ca. 1730–50 Medium: Carved walnut; Beauvais tapestry upholstery Accession: 62.224 On view in:Not on view

Date: early 19th century Medium: Mahogany, tapestry Accession: 99.14 On view in:Not on view