Chair (chaise à la Reine) (one of a set of four)
Object type: Chair
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Culture: French, Paris
Artist: Jean-Baptiste I Tilliard
Artist bio: French, 1686–1766
Artist role: Maker
Artist nationality: French
Date: ca. 1745–1750
Medium: Beechwood unusually richly carved and gilded; previously upholstered with coral colored velvet attached with brass-headed nails, now upholstered in yellow petit point
Dimensions: confirmed: 38 × 23 3/4 × 24 1/4 in. (96.5 × 60.3 × 61.6 cm)
Height of upholstered seat: 18 1/4 in. (46.4 cm)
Classification: Woodwork-Furniture
Credit line: Bequest of Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, 2019
Accession year: 2019