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Armchair (Bergère à la reine) (one of a pair) (part of a set), Jean-Baptiste-Bernard Demay, ca. 1785, Carved and gilded waln…
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Armchair (Bergère à la reine) (one of a pair) (part of a set)

Jean-Baptiste-Bernard Demay · ca. 1785

Medium
Carved and gilded walnut, modern silk lampas
Dimensions
40 3/8 × 27 × 24 1/8 in. (102.6 × 68.6 × 61.3 cm)
Accession
1973.305.2
Credit line
Purchase, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wrightsman Gift, 1973
Culture
French
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