Set of Four Armchairs and Settee
Royal Savonnerie Manufactory, Chaillot Workshops (French, est. 1627)
- Maker
- Royal Savonnerie Manufactory, Chaillot Workshops (French, est. 1627)
- Date
- c. 1715
- Medium
- carved wood, Savonnerie knotted-pile (symmetrical rug knot) upholstery; wool, hemp
- Dimensions
- Overall: 120 x 201.3 x 55.9 cm (47 1/4 x 79 1/4 x 22 in.)
- Form
- Chair
- Origin
- France
- Culture
- France, 18th century
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Accession
- 1947.183
- Credit line
- John L. Severance Fund
The Savonnerie factory can trace its origins to a small carpet studio which set up shop in 1615 south of Paris in a factory that had formerly made soap (savon in French), hence the name Savonnerie.