Design for a Sofa, from: Nouvelle Iconographie Historique III, series Q
Duval French
Publisher Daumont French
Author Jean de La Fontaine French
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Design for a large sofa in a late Louis XV style. The sofa is divided up in five parts. In the center on top of the sofa a Chinese figure is depicted holding up a parasol. The upholstery of the sofa is decorated with the fables of Fox and Crane and Wolf and Heron (Jean de la Fontaine).