id:			109278
accession number:	1927.423.1
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1927.423.1
updated:		2025-09-13 18:12:19.969000

Armchair (Fauteuil) (1 of 2), c. 1765. Jean-Baptiste II Tilliard (French, 1797). Carved and gilded wood; overall: 101.9 x 73.7 x 63.5 cm (40 1/8 x 29 x 25 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1927.423.1

title:				Armchair (Fauteuil) (1 of 2)
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creation date:			c. 1765
creation date earliest:		1760
creation date latest:		1770
current location:		202 French Neoclassical Decorative Arts
creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture:	France, 18th century
technique:	carved and gilded wood
department:	Decorative Art and Design
collection:	Furniture
type:		Furniture and woodwork
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CREATORS

* Jean-Baptiste II Tilliard (French, 1797)  - fabricated by

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measurements: Overall: 101.9 x 73.7 x 63.5 cm (40 1/8 x 29 x 25 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Art of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries
	opening date:   1934-11-09T05:00:00
	<i>Art of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 9-December 2, 1934).

	title:		Neo-classicism: Style and Motif
	opening date:   1964-09-23T04:00:00
	<i>Neo-classicism: Style and Motif</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 23-October 31, 1964).

	title:		The Persistence of Geometry: Form, Content and Culture in the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art
	opening date:   2006-06-09T00:00:00
	<i>The Persistence of Geometry: Form, Content and Culture in the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art</i>. Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland (MOCA), Cleveland, OH (June 9-August 20, 2006).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'MOCA Cleveland (6/9/2006 - 8/20/2006):  "The Persistence of Geometry: Form, Content and Culture in the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art", no. 31, p. 117, color repr. p. 84.', 'opening_date': '2006-06-09T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	(Arnold Seligmann, Rey & Co., New York)
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 156
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n180

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 156
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n180

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 188
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n208

	Sims, Lowery Stokes. <em>The Persistence of Geometry: Form, Content, and Culture in the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2006.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: P. 84, no. 31
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IMAGES

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