Chair back

Various artists/makers

1766–71

Not on view

Artwork Details

Overview

Provenance

Title: Chair back
Designer: Louis Tessier (French, 1719/20–1781) and
Designer: Maurice Jacques (French, 1712–1784)
Manufactory: Manufacture Nationale des Gobelins (French, established 1662)
Maker: Low-warp workshop of Jacques Neilson (French, 1714–1788)
Patron: Commissioned for George William Coventry, 6th earl of Coventry (Croome Court, Worcestershire, England)
Date: 1766–71
Culture: French, Paris
Medium: Wool and silk (22-24 warps per inch, 9-10 per centimeter).
Dimensions: 27 × 26 1/2 in. (68.6 × 67.3 cm)
Classification: Textiles-Tapestries
Credit Line: Gift of Samuel H. Kress Foundation, 1958
Object Number: 58.75.23a
Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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