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Settee (part of a set)

Manufactory Tapestry by Beauvais
Designer after designs by Jean-Baptiste Oudry French
ca. 1754–56
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 525

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Settee (part of a set)
  • Artist: Frame by Nicolas-Quinibert Foliot (1706–1776, warden 1750/52)
  • Manufactory: Tapestry by Beauvais
  • Designer: after designs by Jean-Baptiste Oudry (French, Paris 1686–1755 Beauvais) (Director of Beauvais: 1726 - 1755)
  • Date: ca. 1754–56
  • Culture: French, Paris
  • Medium: Beechwood, gilded
  • Dimensions: Overall: 43 1/8 × 92 × 43 in. (109.5 × 233.7 × 109.2 cm)
  • Classification: Woodwork-Furniture
  • Credit Line: Gift of Martha Baird Rockefeller, 1966
  • Object Number: 66.59.1
  • Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
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