Settee

third quarter 18th century

Not on view

The interlaced scrolls that form the back of these chairs were a popular feature of eighteenth-century Venetian seating furniture.

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Exhibition History

Title: Settee
Date: third quarter 18th century
Culture: Italian
Medium: Walnut, painted and gilded; damask
Dimensions: Overall: 34 3/4 × 52 3/4 × 21 in. (88.3 × 134 × 53.3 cm)
Classification: Woodwork-Furniture
Credit Line: Gift of George Blumenthal, 1941
Object Number: 41.100.293
Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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