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

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Settee, de Menou|Beauvais|Jean Jacques François Le Barbier|Louis XVI, King of France, designed ca. 1786, woven 1790–91; sett…
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
1978.404.6a–c
Credit line
Purchase, Mr. and Mrs. Claus von Bülow Gift, 1978
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