Four Armchairs and One Settee

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Four Armchairs and One Settee

Creator

Jacques-Jean-Baptiste Tilliard

French Menuisier · 1723–1798

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Jacques-Jean-Baptiste Tilliard belonged to one of the most important Parisian families of *menuisiers* (carvers and chairmakers) established in the beginning of the 1700s. After a long apprenticeship with his father Jean-Baptiste Tilliard, Jacques-Jean-Baptiste took over his father's workshop on the rue de Cléry, the manufacturing center for carved furniture. Like his father, he continued to recei

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Object Description · Getty Museum

These four chairs and one settee were part of a larger set, all with matching carved decoration on the wood. The set included another settee and different types of chairs, some of which appear in other museum collections in the United States and Europe. The carving could also have matched other woodwork in the room like tables, mirrors, and wall paneling. This decoration incorporates Neoclassical motifs (design elements that evoke the ancient Greeks and Romans) such as acanthus leaves on the arms, an egg-and-dart pattern encircling the round back, and ridges known as fluting on the legs. Jacques Jean Baptiste Tilliard designed this furniture set with the intention that it would be arranged against the walls around a room. His intent is clear because he did not carve their backs with the same level of detail as the fronts. This kind of furniture was called *chaises meublantes* (furnishing chairs), as opposed to *chaises courantes* (running chairs), with fine carving on all sides that people moved around the room.

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https://data.getty.edu/museum/collection/person/ddcefbb0-8cd8-4fbb-b04c-a18c29478547
Artist/Maker
Jacques-Jean-Baptiste Tilliard
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https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/object/103SG2
Date
about 1770–1775
Medium
Carved and gilded walnut. Modern silk velvet upholstery
Culture
French
Object Type
Furniture

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Object ID
1dc655e7-f196-412f-ac25-4341223ef621
Object Type
Furniture
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Creator
Jacques-Jean-Baptiste Tilliard
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Culture
French
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Medium
Carved and gilded walnut. Modern silk velvet upholstery
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Department
Decorative Arts
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Credit Line
The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
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Date
about 1770–1775
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Begin Year
1770
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End Year
1775
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