Dangerous Liaisons: Fashion and Furniture in the 18th Century

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De Tessé Room: The Masked Beauty

Dress (Robe à la française), ca. 1765

French or Austrian

Pale blue silk satin with hammered silver floral brocade and silver bobbin-lace trim

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Purchase, Irene Lewisohn Bequest, 2001 (2001.472)

Mask Fan, 18th century

Spanish

Pale blue and pink painted paper with ivory

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Gift of Miss Agnes Miles Carpenter, 1955 (C.I.55.43.17)

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Dangerous Liaisons: Fashion and Furniture in the 18th Century

De Tessé Room: The Masked Beauty

Dress (Robe à la française), ca. 1765

French or Austrian

Pale blue silk satin with hammered silver floral brocade and silver bobbin-lace trim

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Purchase, Irene Lewisohn Bequest, 2001 (2001.472)

Mask Fan, 18th century

Spanish

Pale blue and pink painted paper with ivory

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Gift of Miss Agnes Miles Carpenter, 1955 (C.I.55.43.17)

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Dangerous Liaisons: Fashion and Furniture in the 18th Century

De Tessé Room: The Masked Beauty

Dress (Robe à la française), ca. 1765

French or Austrian

Pale blue silk satin with hammered silver floral brocade and silver bobbin-lace trim

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Purchase, Irene Lewisohn Bequest, 2001 (2001.472)

Mask Fan, 18th century

Spanish

Pale blue and pink painted paper with ivory

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Gift of Miss Agnes Miles Carpenter, 1955 (C.I.55.43.17)

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De Tessé Room: The Sitter's Friend

Dress (Robe à l'anglaise), 1785–87

French

Ivory and pink striped silk taffeta

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Purchase, Irene Lewisohn Bequest, 1966 (C.I.66.39a, b)

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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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Paar Room: The Student

Dress (Robe à la française), ca. 1770

French

Ivory silk damask

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Purchase, Funds from Various Donors, 1999 (1999.41a, b)

Armchair (Fauteuil à la reine), ca. 1730

French

Carved and gilded beech, modern blue silk velvet

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, 1971 (1971.206.11)

Pedal Harp, second half of the 18th century

Renault et Chatelain (French, founded 1772)

Wood, various materials

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1907 (07.225.68)

The Music Tutor: Suit, late 18th century

Italian

Rose and blue silk changeant taffeta with red foil and hammered silver buttons and embroidery

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Rogers Fund, 1925 (26.56.16a–c)

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Dangerous Liaisons: Fashion and Furniture in the 18th Century

Side Chair, 1784

By Georges Jacob

French

Gilded walnut covered in modern pink silk moiré

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wrightsman,1977

Robe à la Polonaise, ca. 1780

French

White silk with multicolored handpainted floral sprays

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Purchase, Mr. and Mrs. Alan S. Davis Gift Fund, 1976

Robe à la Polonaise, 1778–80

French

Pink silk with white floral motif and multicolored silk linear brocade, with pale green and white silk ruched and braided rope trim, and multicolored silk passementerie

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Purchase, Irene Lewisohn Bequest, 1960

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The Varengeville Room (detail), 1736–52

French

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Purchase, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wrightsman Gift, 1963

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The Crillon Room (detail), 1777–80

French

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Gift of Susan Dwight Bliss, 1944

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Dangerous Liaisons: Fashion and Furniture in the 18th Century

La Dame du Palais de la Reine, etching and engraving, 1777

Jean-Michel Moreau le Jeune, French (1741–1814); engraved by Pietro Antonio Martini, Italian (1739–1797), from Le Monument du Costume

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1933 (33.6.3)

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Déclaration de la Grossesse, etching and engraving, 1776

Jean-Michel Moreau le Jeune, French (1741–1814); engraved by Pietro Antonio Martini, Italian (1739–1797), from Le Monument du Costume

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1933 (33.6.30)

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Dangerous Liaisons: Fashion and Furniture in the 18th Century

Les Adieux, etching and engraving, 1777

Jean-Michel Moreau le Jeune, French (1741–1814); engraved by Robert Delaunay, French (1749–1814), from Le Monument du Costume

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1934 (34.22.1)

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Le Souper Fin, etching and engraving, 1781

Jean-Michel Moreau le Jeune, French (1741–1814); engraved by Isadore-Stanislas Helman, French (1743–1806), from Le Monument du Costume

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Gift of George Blumenthal, 1941 (41.140.7)