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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The former Hôtel de Toulouse, nowadays the headquarters of the Banque de France.