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Chair
Side chair (chais à la reine) (one of a pair)
Jules-Hugues Rousseau|Jean -Siméon Rousseau de la Rottière|Presle|Georges Jacob · 1784
Medium
Carved and gilded walnut; pink silk moiré damask (not original)
Dimensions
34 in. × 18 1/2 in. × 18 in. (86.4 × 47 cm)
Accession
1977.102.14
Credit line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, 1977
Culture
French, Paris
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