
Object Name: Chaise (side chair)
Date: 1779
Medium: Beech; gilding, modern silk upholstery
Dimensions: Overall: 41 x 23 x 21 in. ( 104.1 x 58.4 x 53.3 cm )
Place made: Europe, France, Paris
Description: Carved and gilded beech wood Louis XVI chaise (side chair) with arched rectangular back in molded frame with carved paquerettes and acanthus; trapezoidal seat with seat rail carved similarly to the crest rail; on circular tapering spiral-reeded legs headed by leaf tips and beaded. Original upholstery housed separately; chair currently upholstered in fabric reproducing original covering.
Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Gouverneur Morris
Object Number: 1817.13
Marks: Stenciled on chair webbing: French Royal Inventory Number-Versailles Crowned W #194
Gallery Label:
Provenance:
Gouverneur Morris, ca. 1793 to 1816 (U.S. Minister to French Court during French Revolution).
Bibliography:
Exhibitions:
"French Founding Father: Lafayette's Return to Washington's America," New-York Historical Society, November 16, 2007-August 10, 2008.