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

Jean-Baptiste I Tilliard

Date

ca. 1745–1750

Type

Chair

Medium

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

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Institution

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Object number

2019.283.19

Credit

Bequest of Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, 2019