Armchair (fauteuil en cabriolet) (one of a pair) (part of a set)
Jean-Baptiste-Bernard Demay
ca. 1785 · Carved and gilded beech, modern silk lampas · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
This pair of armchairs formerly belonged to the Marquise de Ganay just as the Neoclassical bergères à la reine by Demay also in the museum’s collection (1973.305.3). Made of carved and gilded beechwood, the armchairs have a slightly curved back. Two pinecone finials terminate the top rail while the decorative motifs of pearls and guilloches, acanthus scrolls, and columns are frequently found on Neoclassical furnishings created during the reign of Louis XVI. Seen together with the bergères (1973.305.3) and sofa (1973.305.1) also by the same joiner or menuisier, this pair of armchairs demonstrates how furnishings at the end of the eighteenth century were typically conceived as part of a stylistically unified ensemble.
- Artist
- Jean-Baptiste-Bernard Demay
- Date
- ca. 1785
- Medium
- Carved and gilded beech, modern silk lampas
- Culture
- French
- Department
- European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
- Credit line
- Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, 1977
