ARMCHAIR FROM A FURNITURE SUITE, ONE OF SIX
Creator(s): Beauvais Tapestry Manufactory (Maker)
On view in: Second Floor Hallway
About this object
The walnut frames of serpentine outline are carved with a pair of rosebuds at the top of the back and at the center of the seat rail. The knees of the cabriole legs are similarly decorated with a carved rosebud. The tapestry covers represent scenes of La Fontaine's fables after Oudry's designs within elaborate rococo frames with flowers and a rose background. On the back a bull and a frog. On the seat a carrying a lion.
- Object name:
- ARMCHAIR FROM A FURNITURE SUITE, ONE OF SIX
- Made from:
- Walnut -- tapestry
- Made in:
- Paris, France
- Date made:
- ca. 1760
- Size:
- 94 × 62.9 × 55.9 cm (37 × 24 3/4 × 22 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 31.63
- Class:
- FURNITURE
- Signature marks:
- MARK
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973