Armchair (2 of 4)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Armchair (2 of 4)

Royal Savonnerie Manufactory, Chaillot WorkshopsLinkedCulture matchlcp-74642f788845

Date
before 1717
Medium
carved wood, Savonnerie knotted-pile (symmertrical rug knot) upholstery; wool, hemp
Culture
France, 18th century
Department
Decorative Art and Design
Institution
Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID
125221

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These chairs belong to a suite that includes a settee (also in the CMA’s collection) and a tapestry made for a count and countess to mark their wedding in 1717. Furniture of this scale was usually placed against the wall in grand reception halls, more as a display of wealth than for use. Upholstered in Savonnerie tapestries, this suite was among the most treasured and expensive example anyone could own and typically reserved for royalty. To add decorative and intellectual interest to the textiles, weavers incorporated symbols depicting various stories from the Fables of Jean de La Fontaine , published from 1668 to 1694 and largely adapted from Aesop and other early storytellers.

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Credit line
John L. Severance Fund
Provenance
formed part of original suite of tapestries and furniture made for marriage of Isabella Merode-Westerloo and Franz Joseph Czernin de Chaudnitz in 1717; remained in the family until 1930 or 1931, when they were sold to a dealer. (A. & R. Ball, New York).

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  • Representative object from the topic 18th-Century French Decorative Arts
    18th-Century French Decorative Arts

    These objects represent the luxury decorative traditions of 18th-century France, unified by their use of refined materials (tapestry weave, Savonnerie knotted pile, carved wood), classical themes (Ovid's Metamorphoses, S

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