Settee (one of a pair), 1769–71, British and French, Gilded fruitwood; wool and silk (22-24 warps per inch, 9-10 per centimeter

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Settee (one of a pair), 1769–71, British and French, Gilded fruitwood; wool and silk (22-24 warps per inch, 9-10 per centimeter), 44 × 75 × 32 1/2 in. ( × × cm), Woodwork-Furniture, John Mayhew (British, 1736–1811), and William Ince (British, active ca. 1758/59–1794, died 1804), Workshop of Jacques Neilson (French, 1714–1788), This settee and its mate were made for the room in 1769 by Mayhew and Ince. The covers en suite with the tapestries were designed at the Gobelins by Maurice Jacques and Louis Tessier. The 1769 invoice indicates that the settees were meant to be placed on either side of the fireplace

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