Armchair (one of four)

Tapestry probably woven at Royal Manufactory Beauvais 1664-1789

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This rococo chair is part of a larger set of seat furniture supplied to the third Duke of Ancaster (1714–1778) for Grimsthorpe Castle, Lincolnshire. Executed in the French taste, fashionable in mid-eighteenth century England, the set was originally partly gilt and upholstered with Gobelins tapestry (now in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam) after designs by the painter François Boucher. The present covers were applied between 1934 and 1958.

Armchair (one of four), Tapestry probably woven at Royal Manufactory Beauvais 1664-1789, Mahogany; wool and silk (18-21 warps per inch, 7-9 per centimeter), British and French, probably Beauvais

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Armchair (one of four), Tapestry probably woven at Royal Manufactory Beauvais 1664-1789, Mahogany; wool and silk (18-21 warps per inch, 7-9 per centimeter), British and French, probably Beauvais
Armchair (one of four), Tapestry probably woven at Royal Manufactory Beauvais 1664-1789, Mahogany; wool and silk (18-21 warps per inch, 7-9 per centimeter), British and French, probably Beauvais
Armchair (one of four), Tapestry probably woven at Royal Manufactory Beauvais 1664-1789, Mahogany; wool and silk (18-21 warps per inch, 7-9 per centimeter), British and French, probably Beauvais
Armchair (one of four), Tapestry probably woven at Royal Manufactory Beauvais 1664-1789, Mahogany; wool and silk (18-21 warps per inch, 7-9 per centimeter), British and French, probably Beauvais
Armchair (one of four), Tapestry probably woven at Royal Manufactory Beauvais 1664-1789, Mahogany; wool and silk (18-21 warps per inch, 7-9 per centimeter), British and French, probably Beauvais
Armchair (one of four), Tapestry probably woven at Royal Manufactory Beauvais 1664-1789, Mahogany; wool and silk (18-21 warps per inch, 7-9 per centimeter), British and French, probably Beauvais
Armchair (one of four), Tapestry probably woven at Royal Manufactory Beauvais 1664-1789, Mahogany; wool and silk (18-21 warps per inch, 7-9 per centimeter), British and French, probably Beauvais
Armchair (one of four), Tapestry probably woven at Royal Manufactory Beauvais 1664-1789, Mahogany; wool and silk (18-21 warps per inch, 7-9 per centimeter), British and French, probably Beauvais

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