Triple-back settee (part of a set)

Date

ca. 1790–1800

Medium

Carved, gilded and painted walnut, reverse painted glass, cut and voided 17th-century crimson velvet

Dimensions

Overall: 38 3/4 × 78 3/8 × 26 in. (98.4 × 199.1 × 66 cm)

Form

Sofa & Bench

Culture

Italian, Sicily

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Accession

1992.173.1

Credit line

Gift of John P. Richardson, 1992