The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Armchair seat

Designer:: Jean-Baptiste Oudry (French, Paris 1686–1755 Beauvais)
Factory director:: Woven under the direction of Jean-Baptiste Oudry (French, Paris 1686–1755 Beauvais)
Factory director:: and André Charlemagne Charron (French, active 1754–80)
Date:: 1754–56
Culture:: French, Beauvais
Medium:: Carved and gilded beech; covered in tapestry made at the Beauvais Manufactory, displaying two ducks on the back and a dog stalking a duck on the seat
Dimensions:: 34 x 35 in. (approx.) (86.4 x 88.9 cm)
Classification:: Textiles
Credit Line:: Gift of John D. Rockefeller Jr., 1935
Accession Number:: 35.145.23b

This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 525

Provenance

Count Johann Hartvig Ernst Bernstorff ; Andreas Peter Bernstorff ; Prince Frederick Ferdinand and Princess Caroline of Denmark ; King Georg of the Hellenes ; [ Charles Wertheimer ] ; J. Pierpont Morgan ; [ Duveen Brothers ]
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Who
Beauvais (154)

Jean-Baptiste Oudry (95)

André Charlemagne Charron (71)
What
Textiles (32,752)

Gilt (9,043)

Wood (7,651)

Panels (2,843)

Tapestries (2,187)

Upholstery (255)

Beech (219)

Seats (70)
Where
Europe (148,586)

France (52,276)

Beauvais (127)
When
A.D. 1600-1800 (66,179)
In the Museum
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France, 1600–1800 A.D.