Armchair

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; 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

1978.404.13a–c

Credit line

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