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Pair of Armchairs (fauteuils à la reine)
Jean Avisse
- Date
- about 1750–1755
- Medium
- Gilded beechwood; modern silk upholstery
- Culture
- French
- Department
- Decorative Arts
- Institution
- Getty Museum
Patrons normally ordered carved furniture such as these armchairs in sets from a *menuisier.* In addition to the chairs, the set might have included settees, firescreens, folding screens, tables, and mirrors. All would have formed a large matching group with similar carving, gilding, and upholstery. Intricately carved Rococo motifs of leaves, flowers, and vines decorate these armchairs. Jean Avisse, a leading chairmaker of the mid-1700s, probably made them to furnish a large reception room in a Parisian town house.
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