Painted white armchair, Louis XVI style. Square back, shaped arms, bowed seat rail. Blue and white toile upholstered seat, back, and arms. 1890s reprint of 1780 Jean Baptiste Huet design "L'escarpolette" (The Swing).
armchairs
wood (plant material)
upholstery
linen (material)
paint (coating)
toile (textile material)
copperplate (script)
Rococo
Chair
L'escarpolette (The Swing)
Original to Codman House (Lincoln, Mass.),
Reproduction of Huet, Jean Baptiste (Designer)
34 7/8 x 25 1/2 x 24 1/2 (HxWxD) (inches)
Bequest of Dorothy S.F.M. Codman
1969.1201.2
Probably
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