Armchair (Fauteuil à la reine) for Louise-Élisabeth of Parma

Nicolas-Quinibert Foliot|Pierre Contant d'Ivry

Maker

Nicolas-Quinibert Foliot|Pierre Contant d'Ivry

Date

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)

Form

Chair

Culture

French, Paris and Italian, Parma

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Accession

07.225.57

Credit line

Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1906