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Chair
Armchair (Fauteuil à la reine) for Louise-Élisabeth of Parma
Nicolas-Quinibert Foliot|Pierre Contant d'Ivry · ca. 1749
Medium
Carved and gilded oak; original silk-velvet upholstery and gold trim
Dimensions
Overall: 43 1/2 × 31 1/2 × 27 1/2 in. (110.5 × 80 × 69.8 cm)
Accession
07.225.57
Credit line
Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1906
Culture
French, Paris and Italian, Parma
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