American Period Furniture in Museum Collectionsa SAPFM viewer

In the collection ofMetropolitan Museum of Art

Side chair (one of a pair)

In the collection of Metropolitan Museum of Art

Date

ca. 1690–1700

Medium

Carved and gilded beechwood, covered in wool velvet (moquette)

Dimensions

45-1/4 x 18-1/8 x 17-1/2 in. (114.9 x 46.0 x 44.5 cm)

Form

Chair

Culture

French

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Accession

1987.152.2

Credit line

Purchase, Mrs. Charles Wrightsman Gift, 1987