Side chair (part of a set)

Medium

Carved, gilded and painted walnut, reverse-painted glass (verre églomisé), cut and voided 17th-century crimson silk velvet probably not original to the chair

Dimensions

H. 38-5/8 x W. 21-5/8 x D. 20 in. (98.1 x 54.9 x 50.8 cm)

Classification

Woodwork-Furniture

Culture

Italian, Sicily

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of John P. Richardson, 1992

Accession Number

1992.173.2