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Armchair (Fauteuil à la reine) (one of a pair) (part of a set)

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Armchair (Fauteuil à la reine) (one of a pair) (part of a set) (c. 1780–85)
Armchair (Fauteuil à la reine) (one of a pair) (part of a set) (c. 1780–85)
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Armchair (Fauteuil à la reine) (one of a pair) (part of a set)
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Armchair (Fauteuil à la reine) (one of a pair) (part of a set)

Artist
Georges Jacob (possibly embroidered by Joseph-François-Xavier Baudoin)
Artist Dates
1739-1814
Artist Nationality
French
Title
Armchair (Fauteuil à la reine) (one of a pair) (part of a set)
Date
c. 1780–85
Medium
carved and gilded walnut; embroidered silk satin
Dimensions
102.2 × 74.9 × 77.8 cm (40 1/4 × 29 1/2 × 30 5/8 in)
K Number
K1513
Repository
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Accession Number
58.75.25
Notes
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Provenance

Louis-Jean-Marie de Bourbon, duc de Penthièvre , Hôtel de Toulouse (ca. 1780–93) ; Louise-Marie-Adélaïde de Bourbon-Penthièvre, duchesse d'Orléans (1793–97) ; Gabriel-Julien Ouvrard ; Louis Philippe Joseph, duc d'Orléans (1814–43) ; Marie-Clémentine-Caroline-Léopoldine-Clothilde d'Orléans, Princess of Saxe Coburg and Gotha (1843–1907) ; [ Duveen Brothers , by 1934 ] ; The Samuel H. Kress Foundation (until 1958; to MMA)