Side chair (Chaise à la reine) (part of a set), Jean Baptiste Boulard, 1786–87
Side chair (Chaise à la reine) (part of a set), 1786–87, French, Paris, Carved and gilded beech; silk damask (not original), H. 36 1/2 × W. 22 1/2 × D. 19 3/4 in. ( × × cm), Woodwork-Furniture, Jean Baptiste Boulard (ca. 1725–1789), Carved by Nicolas François Vallois (1738–1788), or Lambert Charny (active 1756–86), under the direction of Jean Hauré (born 1739, active 1774–after 1796), Gilded by Louis-François Chatard (ca. 1749–1819), or Julliac, or Guintrange, Various games of cards and chance, such as lansquenet, faro, quadrille, piquet, and cavagnole, had long been popular entertainment at the French court, where the stakes were high and entire fortunes could be won or lost at the gaming table
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