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Side chair (voyeuse à genoux), Louis Magdeleine Pluvinet, ca. 1785, Carved and gilded wood, light blue silk upholstery (not…
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Chair

Side chair (voyeuse à genoux)

Louis Magdeleine Pluvinet · ca. 1785

Medium
Carved and gilded wood, light blue silk upholstery (not original)
Dimensions
Overall: 35 1/4 × 20 3/8 × 16 3/4 in. (89.5 × 51.8 × 42.5 cm)
Accession
1986.260
Credit line
Purchase, Mrs. Charles Wrightsman Gift, 1986
Culture
French
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