Embroidered Formal Chair (France)

Embroidered formal chair, France, late 18th century. Embroidered formal chair, France, late 18th century. Copyright Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, acc. no. 58.75.25.

In the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, there is an embroidered formal chair that dates to the eighteenth century and was made and used in France. It was manufactured by the famous craftsman, Georges Jacob (1739-1814), and the chair's embroideries were made, so it would appear, by Joseph-François-Xavier Baudoin (1739-c. 1786).

The chair, of a type called a Fauteuil à reine, is made of carved and gilded walnut and silk satin. The chair was one of a set of two and made for Louis-Jean-Marie de Bourbon, duc de Penthièvre (1725–1793), for his formal bedchamber in his Parisian residence, the Hôtel de Toulouse. Much of the upholstery in light-coloured silk satin is embellished with multi-coloured chain stitch embroidery with predominantly floral patterns.

Metropolitan Museum of Art online catalogue (retrieved 17 July 2016).

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800px-P1000553 Paris I Rue Croix des Petits-Champs Banque de France reductwkThe former Hôtel de Toulouse, nowadays the headquarters of the Banque de France.

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