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 1/4 × 23 7/8 × 23 7/8 in. (97.2 × 60.6 × 60.6 cm) Height of upholstered seat: 18 1/2 in. (47 cm)

Form

Chair

Culture

French, Paris

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Accession

2019.283.19

Credit line

Bequest of Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, 2019