Side chair (part of a set)

Date

ca. 1790–1800

Medium

Carved, gilded and painted walnut, reverse-painted glass (verre églomisé), cut and voided 17th-century crimson silk velvet probably not original to the chair

Dimensions

H. 38-5/8 x W. 21-5/8 x D. 20 in. (98.1 x 54.9 x 50.8 cm)

Form

Chair

Culture

Italian, Sicily

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Accession

1992.173.2

Credit line

Gift of John P. Richardson, 1992