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Side Chair

Date

about 1710–1715

Medium

Gilt wood with modern silk upholstery copying the original silk

Culture

Italian

Department

Decorative Arts

Institution

Getty Museum

Originally part of a much larger set, this chair, with its elegant design and opulent upholstery, likely would have been arranged with others against the walls of the grand *salone* of an Italian palace. More freely handled elements--such as the carved scrolls at the top and the S-curves of the cross stretchers, which are typical of the early Rococo style--are combined with the straight, sober shape of this chair. Its modern upholstery is a copy of the original silk braiding over damask, which was replaced before the Getty Museum purchased the chair. The braiding's straight lines and carefully balanced yet exuberant, lacy interior swirls perfectly complement the chair's straight lines and curved accents.

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