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Folding stool (pliant) (one of a pair), Jean-Baptiste-Claude Sené|Nicolas François Vallois|Louis-François Chatard|Chaudron,…
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Folding stool (pliant) (one of a pair)

Jean-Baptiste-Claude Sené|Nicolas François Vallois|Louis-François Chatard|Chaudron · 1786

Medium
Carved and painted beechwood, covered in pink silk
Dimensions
18 1/4 in. × 27 in. × 20 1/4 in. (46.4 × 68.6 × 51.4 cm)
Accession
1977.102.9
Credit line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, 1977
Culture
French
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