Minneapolis Institute of Art

Armchair (fauteuil), one of a set of four

Designer: Jean-Baptiste-Claude Sené

Date

c. 1785

Medium

Gilding, wood, silk upholstery

Department

European Art

Institution

Minneapolis Institute of Art

This armchair once decorated the entrance hall of the Château du Champ de Bataille in Normandy, the ancestral home of the French line of the Dukes of Harcourt. It would have provided comfortable seating for weary guests who had just arrived, or encouraged visitors to linger in conversation before they moved into the dining room to enjoy a meal or into the cabinet to negotiate some business. France, Europe

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