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

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America, de Menou|Beauvais|Jean Jacques François Le Barbier|Louis XVI, King of France, designed ca. 1786, woven 1790–91; cha…
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de Menou|Beauvais|Jean Jacques François Le Barbier|Louis XVI, King of France
Date
designed ca. 1786, woven 1790–91; chair frame second half 19th century
Medium
Carved and gilded wood; wool, silk
Dimensions
Overall: 37 3/4 × 27 × 24 in. (95.9 × 68.6 × 61 cm)
Form
Chair
Culture
French, Beauvais
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Accession
1978.404.7a–c
Credit line
Purchase, Mr. and Mrs. Claus von Bülow Gift, 1978
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