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Armchair (Fauteuil à la reine)
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Armchair (Fauteuil à la reine)

Date: ca. 1750–60
Culture: Southwestern German
Medium: Carved and gilded beech; covered in eighteenth-century blue damask not original to the armchair
Dimensions: H. 43-1/4 x W. 29-1/2 x D. 23-1/2 in. (109.9 x 74.9 x 59.7 cm)
Classification: Woodwork-Furniture
Credit Line: Bequest of George Blumenthal, 1941
Accession Number: 41.190.74
On view in Gallery 533
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Originally part of a set of which another example belonged to the collection of the Margraves of Baden, Neues Schloss in Baden-Baden, Germany. The elaborate decoration of the frame resembles the work of the influential designer Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier (1693–1750).
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Armchair
Date: late 17th–early 18th century
Medium: Carved and gilded beechwood; red damask (not original to the frame)
Accession Number: 07.225.121
On view in Gallery 533

Armchair (Bergère)

Armchair (Bergère)
Date: first quarter 18th century
Medium: Carved and painted beech, red damask
Accession Number: 07.225.48
On view in Gallery 533

Pair of armchairs (Bergères)

Pair of armchairs (Bergères)
Jean-Baptiste I Tilliard
(French, 1686–1766)
Date: ca. 1750
Medium: Carved beechwood; modern pale green flowered silk damask upholsery
Accession Number: 1974.356.212, .213
On view in Gallery 533

Armchair (part of a set)

Armchair (part of a set)
Date: first quarter 18th century
Medium: Carved beech with crimson damask
Accession Number: 07.225.34b
On view in Gallery 533

Armchair (part of a set)

Armchair (part of a set)
Date: first quarter 18th century
Medium: Carved beech with crimson damask
Accession Number: 07.225.34a
On view in Gallery 533

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