Advanced Search
Advanced Search

Chair seat, part of set with chair back

French
about 1750
Object Place: France

Medium/Technique Silk Brocade
Dimensions 51 x 43 cm (20 1/16 x 16 15/16 in.)
Credit Line John Wheelock Eliot Fund
Accession Number48.314b
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsTextiles

DescriptionBrocaded in polychrome silks on a white silk satin ground. Chinoiserie design with several scenes: two figures in a rowboat; a figure standing on a bridge between a small house and a rocky garden; a larger house with a porch from which a man appears to be feeding two swans. In the interspaces, clouds, birds, etc. Both pieces worn and stained. The back (a) is composed of one large piece and two fragments added, one to each side, at the top. Holes on the seat (b).