id:			109581
accession number:	1928.212
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1928.212
updated:		2023-03-04 09:29:41.336000

Armchair, c.1740. René Cresson (French, c. 1705–c. 1749). Carved wood, cane; overall: 95.6 x 70.5 x 60 cm (37 5/8 x 27 3/4 x 23 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund 1928.212

title:				Armchair
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creation date:			c.1740
creation date earliest:		1735
creation date latest:		1745
current location:		216B French and German
creditline:			Dudley P. Allen Fund
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culture:	France, 18th century
technique:	carved wood, cane
department:	Decorative Art and Design
collection:	Furniture
type:		Furniture and woodwork
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CREATORS

* René Cresson (French, c. 1705–c. 1749)  - manufacturer

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measurements: Overall: 95.6 x 70.5 x 60 cm (37 5/8 x 27 3/4 x 23 5/8 in.)
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	inscription:	signed underneath on strip across back: "CRESSON LAINE"  (the trademark for René Cresson).
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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).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

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