American Period Furniture in Museum Collectionsa SAPFM viewer

In the collection ofMetropolitan Museum of Art

Pair of armchairs

In the collection of Metropolitan Museum of Art

Date

ca. 1715–23

Medium

Carved and gilded beech, silk upholstery

Dimensions

each: 38 1/2 × 28 × 23 in. (97.8 × 71.1 × 58.4 cm)

Form

Chair

Culture

French

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Accession

53.217.1, .2

Credit line

Gift of Mrs. Byron C. Foy, 1953