Armchair (one of four), ca. 1755–65, British and French, probably Beauvais, Mahogany; wool and silk (18-21 warps per inch, 7-9 per centimeter), H. 44 x W. 32 x D. 28 in. (111.8 x 81.3 x 71.1 cm), Woodwork-Furniture, This rococo chair is part of a larger set of seat furniture supplied to the third Duke of Ancaster (1714–1778) for Grimsthorpe Castle, Lincolnshire. Executed in the French taste, fashionable in mid-eighteenth century England, the set was originally partly gilt and upholstered with Gobelins tapestry (now in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam) after designs by the painter François Boucher
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Armchair, four, ca, 1755–65, British, French, Beauvais, Mahogany, wool, silk, 18-21 warps, inch, 7-9, centimeter, H, 44 x W, 32 D, 28, 111.8 81.3 71.1 cm, Woodwork-Furniture, rococo, chair, part, larger set, seat furniture, supplied, third Duke, Ancaster, 1714–1778, Grimsthorpe Castle, Lincolnshire, Executed, French taste, fashionable, mid-eighteenth century, England, set, originally partly, gilt, upholstered, Gobelins tapestry, now, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, designs, painter François, Boucher
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