id:			123514
accession number:	1944.109.2
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1944.109.2
updated:		2025-08-07 20:52:30.984000

Armchair (Fauteuil) (2 of 2), c. 1785. Nicolas-Denis Delaisement (French). Boxwood ; overall: 98.2 x 69.9 x 68.3 cm (38 11/16 x 27 1/2 x 26 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Elisabeth Severance Prentiss Collection, 1944.109.2

title:				Armchair (Fauteuil) (2 of 2)
title in original language:	
series:				
series in original language:	
creation date:			c. 1785
creation date earliest:		1780
creation date latest:		1790
current location:		202 French Neoclassical Decorative Arts
creditline:			The Elisabeth Severance Prentiss Collection
copyright:			

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culture:	France, 18th century
technique:	boxwood 
department:	Decorative Art and Design
collection:	Furniture
type:		Furniture and woodwork
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catalogue raisonne: 

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CREATORS

* Nicolas-Denis Delaisement (French)  - made by
received his maîtrise on 18 October 1776.
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measurements: Overall: 98.2 x 69.9 x 68.3 cm (38 11/16 x 27 1/2 x 26 7/8 in.)
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	signed on front and back of frame of seat underneath:  Delaisement with inverted "s."
	translation:	
	remark:		

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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Paul Dutasta, Paris, France
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	Elisabeth Severance Allen Prentiss [1865-1944], Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: ?–1944
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1944–
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	<em>Catalogue of the Elisabeth Severance Prentiss Collection : Bequest of Elisabeth Severance Prentiss, 1944.</em> [Cleveland]: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1944.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. [45], Plate XIX, cat. no. 27-28; Mentioned: p. 49-50, cat. no. 27-28
	url:		https://archive.org/details/Prentiss/page/n53

	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. 158
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n182

	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. 190
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n210

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IMAGES

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