Armchair

de Menou|Beauvais|Jean Jacques François Le Barbier|Louis XVI, King of France

designed ca. 1786, woven 1790–91; chair frame second half 19th century

Armchair by de Menou|Beauvais|Jean Jacques François Le Barbier|Louis XVI, King of France

Medium

Carved and gilded wood; wool, silk

Dimensions

Overall: 37 3/4 × 27 × 24 in. (95.9 × 68.6 × 61 cm)

Classification

Woodwork-Furniture|Textiles-Tapestries

Culture

French, Beauvais

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Purchase, Mr. and Mrs. Claus von Bülow Gift, 1978

Accession Number

1978.404.11a–c

Tags

ChickensGoatsMenWomenFlowers

About the Artist

de Menou|Beauvais|Jean Jacques François Le Barbier|Louis XVI, King of France ( |French|French) · |1739 |1780 |1821 |1793

|French, Paris 1739–1821 Paris|French, active 1780–93

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