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Pair of armchairs (part of a set)

In the collection of Metropolitan Museum of Art

Pair of armchairs (part of a set), ca. 1770–80, Carved and gilt beech, moiré silk not original to the frames

Date: ca. 1770–80
Medium: Carved and gilt beech, moiré silk not original to the frames
Dimensions: Overall (each): 37 × 23 1/2 × 19 in. (94 × 59.7 × 48.3 cm)
Form: Chair
Culture: British
Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Accession: 57.9.1, .2
Credit line: Purchase, Morris Loeb Bequest, 1957

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