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Side Chair (chaise à châssis)
Louis Delanois French
Carved by Joseph-Nicolas Guichard
Gilded by Jean-Baptiste Cagny
Not on view
On May 16, 1770, the Duchess of Northumberland noted in her diary that Madame Du Barry "is lodged in parts of the Kings apartment in the Attic." The royal mistress had moved into these private rooms at Versailles the previous year. They were largely furnished with innovative furniture made by Delanois. The design of the chairs in Madame Du Barry’s Salon de Compagnie (Reception Room), for instance, featured a medallion-shaped back that would become a quintessential characteristic of Neoclassical seat furniture.
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