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Armchair, attributed to Jean-Baptiste Oudry 1686–1755 and an unknown co-creator; carved, gilded, and upholstered Rococo armchair in the à la reine style. Tapestry upholstery Aubusson and/or Beauvais? featuring scenes from Jean de La Fontaine's fables framed with flowers: backrest depicts an insect nest in a landscape illustration of The Hornets and the Bees, seat depicts The Wolf and the Lamb by a stream. Decorative motifs: wolves, lambs, insects, flowers, bees, plant decoration, shells, rocaille elements, acanthus leaves, bunches of roses. Form: roughly rectangular backrest with slightly concave side rails, convex top and rounded corners; trapezoidal seat with slightly bulging frames; recessed, volute-topped armrests on U-shaped supports; S-shaped cabriole legs with acanthus-shaped volute feet. Function: seating piece. Date: 3rd quarter of the 18th century. Place of origin: France. Dimensions: height 106.5 cm; width 77.5 cm; depth 79.4 cm., A decorative upholstered chair seat seen from above showing an embroidered pastoral scene with a dog-like animal and a lamb on a landscape, surrounded by ornate floral and scrollwork motifs; the upholstery features a palette of muted colors including beige, cream, soft pink, dusty rose, sage green, olive, pale blue, and gold, with gilt carved wooden armrests and small round decorative nailheads.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26A10_397

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77.2Mb (6.7Mb) / 20.0in x 15.0in / 6000 x 4500 (300dpi)

Keywords

Armchair attributed Jean-Baptiste Oudry 1686–1755 unknown co-creator carved gilded upholstered Rococo armchair à la reine style Tapestry upholstery Aubusson Beauvais featuring scenes Jean de La Fontaine's fables framed flowers backrest depicts insect nest landscape illustration Hornets Bees seat depicts Wolf Lamb stream Decorative motifs wolves lambs insects bees plant decoration shells rocaille elements acanthus leaves bunches roses Form roughly rectangular backrest slightly concave side rails convex top rounded corners trapezoidal seat slightly bulging frames recessed volute-topped armrests U-shaped supports S-shaped cabriole legs acanthus-shaped volute feet Function seating piece Date 3rd quarter 18th century Place origin France Dimensions height 106.5 cm width 77.5 cm depth 79.4 cm decorative upholstered chair seat showing embroidered pastoral scene dog- animal lamb landscape surrounded ornate floral scrollwork motifs upholstery features palette muted colors beige cream soft pink dusty rose sage green olive pale blue gold gilt wooden armrests small round decorative nailheads.