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Armchair

Part of a set of seat furniture which were re-furbished by Monbro for the Bowes’s Blue Salon at 7 rue de Berlin, Paris, in 1856. A bill lists the cleaning, re-polishing and re-upholstery of a set of 'tulipwood' seat furniture for 400 francs, for the sofa (FW.92), 4 armchairs (FW.93a-d) and 4 chairs (FW.94a-d). This example is upholstered with an 18th century Aubsson or Beauvais tapestry back cover depcitng a seated man playing bagpipes; on the seat is a fable scene of wolf and cock.
Size: Height: 97 cm

Artist / Maker: Monbro

Origin: France

Place: Paris

Object Type: armchair

Period: Napoleon III

Actual Date: 1855

Century: 19th century

Materials: Gilt-bronze, Kingwood

Museum Accession Number: FW.93.B