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Side chair

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 39-1/2 x 19-1/4 x 17-1/2 in. (100.3 x 48.9 x 44.5 cm)
Classification:: Woodwork
Credit Line:: The Lesley and Emma Sheafer Collection, Bequest of Emma A. Sheafer, 1973
Accession Number:: 1974.356.115a

This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 533

Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

Marking: The inventory number 56b became visible on the lower part of the backside of each chair when ultra violet light was used in the laboratory.
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)
See also
Who
Johann Michael Bauer (8)
What
Gilt (9,079)

Wood (6,927)

Furniture (5,719)

Painting (5,234)

Woodwork (2,574)

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Chairs (1,491)

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Linden (108)
Where
Europe (150,404)

Germany (16,034)

Bavaria (993)

Würzburg (20)
When
A.D. 1600-1800 (67,239)
In the Museum
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts (43,182)
Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
Central Europe (including Germany), 1600–1800 A.D.

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