Chair (chaise à la Reine) (one of a set of four)

Jean-Baptiste I Tilliard

Maker

Jean-Baptiste I Tilliard

Date

ca. 1745–1750

Medium

Beechwood unusually richly carved and gilded; previously upholstered with coral colored velvet attached with brass-headed nails, now upholstered in yellow petit point

Dimensions

confirmed: 38 × 23 3/4 × 24 1/4 in. (96.5 × 60.3 × 61.6 cm) Height of upholstered seat: 18 1/4 in. (46.4 cm)

Form

Chair

Culture

French, Paris

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Accession

2019.283.18

Credit line

Bequest of Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, 2019