Armchair (one of four), ca. 1755–65, British and French, probably Beauvais, Mahogany; wool and silk (18-21 warps per inch, 7-9

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Armchair (one of four), ca. 1755–65, British and French, probably Beauvais, Mahogany; wool and silk (18-21 warps per inch, 7-9 per centimeter), H. 44 x W. 32 x D. 28 in. ( x x cm), Woodwork-Furniture, This rococo chair is part of a larger set of seat furniture supplied to the third Duke of Ancaster (1714–1778) for Grimsthorpe Castle, Lincolnshire. Executed in the French taste, fashionable in mid-eighteenth century England, the set was originally partly gilt and upholstered with Gobelins tapestry (now in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam) after designs by the painter François Boucher

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