Armchair (fauteuil à la reine)
Originally part of a set of which another example belonged to the collection of the Margraves of Baden, Neues Schloss in Baden-Baden, Germany. The elaborate decoration of the frame resembles the work of the influential designer Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier (1693–1750).
Artwork Details
- Title: Armchair (fauteuil à la reine)
- Date: ca. 1750–60
- Culture: Southwestern German
- Medium: Carved and gilded beech; covered in eighteenth-century blue damask not original to the armchair
- Dimensions: Overall: 43 1/4 × 29 1/2 × 23 1/2 in. (109.9 × 74.9 × 59.7 cm)
- Classification: Woodwork-Furniture
- Credit Line: Bequest of George Blumenthal, 1941
- Object Number: 41.190.74
- Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
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