
Minneapolis Institute of Art
Duchesse d'enfant brisée (child’s chair)
Georges JacobLinkedCulture matchlcp-5d4cedd5150e
- Date
- c. 1780
- Medium
- Wood, gilt (modern upholstery)
- Department
- European Art
- Institution
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
- Object ID
- 90349
From the Minneapolis Institute of Art record
Georges Jacob, one of the foremost cabinet and chair makers in France in the last quarter of the 1700s, furnished the apartments of the nobility and the royal family of France. This elegant early Neoclassical daybed with its separate ottoman, stamped by Jacob on the frame, was probably commissioned for a child or a very small adult. Europe
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- Credit line
- Gift of funds from Mrs. Carolyn Groves
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