De Tessé Room: The Sitter's Husband
Banyan, second half of the 18th century
French
Rose and light gray faille with multicolored silk floral brocade
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Purchase, Estate of Irene Lewisohn and Alice Crowley, 1976 (1976.149.1)
Folding Stool (Pliant), 1786–87
Jean-Baptiste-Claude-Sené (French, 1748–1803)
Carved, painted, and gilded beech, modern silk cannelé
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, 1977 (1977.102.9)
Mechanical Table (Table mécanique), 1778
Jean-Henri Riesener (French, 1734–1806)
Oak veneered with bois satiné, holly, amaranth, barberry, sycamore, and green lacquered wood, gilt-bronze
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Rogers Fund, 1933 (33.12)
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