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Pair of armchairs (part of a set)

Attributed to Johann Michael Bauer (German, Westheim 1710–1779 Bamberg)

Date:: ca. 1763–64
Culture:: German (Würzburg)
Medium:: Carved, painted and gilded limewood
Dimensions:: Each 44 x 26 x 21 in. (111.8 x 66.0 x 53.3 cm)
Classification:: Woodwork
Credit Line:: The Lesley and Emma Sheafer Collection, Bequest of Emma A. Sheafer, 1973
Accession Number:: 1974.356.118a–d,.119a–d

This artwork is not on display

Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

Marking: Inventory number 56B painted on back side.
Provenance

Franckenstein Pavilion, Schloss Seehof near Bamberg, GermanyPrince-Bishops of Schonbörn (later Seinsheim) ; Prince Bishop Adam Friedrich von Seinsheim ; Baron von Zandt ; [ Fischer-Böhler (until 1956; to Sheafer) ] ; Lesley and Emma Sheafer (1956–73; bequeathed by Emma to MMA)
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When
A.D. 1600-1800 (67,239)
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