America

de Menou|Beauvais|Jean Jacques François Le Barbier|Louis XVI, King of France

Maker

de Menou|Beauvais|Jean Jacques François Le Barbier|Louis XVI, King of France

Date

designed ca. 1786, woven 1790–91; settee frame second half 19th century

Medium

Carved and gilded wood; wool, silk

Dimensions

Overall: 42 1/4 × 75 3/8 × 28 in. (107.3 × 191.5 × 71.1 cm)

Form

Sofa & Bench

Culture

French, Beauvais

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Accession

1978.404.5a–c

Credit line

Purchase, Mr. and Mrs. Claus von Bülow Gift, 1978