American Period Furniture in Museum Collectionsa SAPFM viewer

In the collection ofMetropolitan Museum of Art

Desk chair (fauteuil de cabinet)

In the collection of Metropolitan Museum of Art

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