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Armchair (bergère) (part of a set), Jean-Baptiste-Claude Sené|Louis-François Chatard, ca. 1788, Carved, painted and gilded w…
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Chair

Armchair (bergère) (part of a set)

Jean-Baptiste-Claude Sené|Louis-François Chatard · ca. 1788

Medium
Carved, painted and gilded walnut; modern cotton twill embroidered in silk
Dimensions
Overall: 39 × 27 1/4 × 25 1/4 in. (99.1 × 69.2 × 64.1 cm)
Accession
41.205.2
Credit line
Gift of Ann Payne Blumenthal, 1941
Culture
French, Paris
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