SAPFM Museum Furniture Collection

Desk chair (fauteuil de cabinet)

Desk chair (fauteuil de cabinet), ca. 1770, Gilded walnut, caning, French 18th-century orange velvet
Date
ca. 1770
Medium
Gilded walnut, caning, French 18th-century orange velvet
Dimensions
37 3/8 × 26 × 26 in. (94.9 × 66 × 66 cm)
Form
Chair
Culture
French
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Accession
1985.176
Credit line
Purchase, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, by exchange, 1985
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