id:			125218
accession number:	1947.183
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1947.183
updated:		2024-03-26 01:58:05.070000

Set of Four Armchairs and Settee, c. 1715. Royal Savonnerie Manufactory, Chaillot Workshops (French, est. 1627). Carved wood, Savonnerie knotted-pile (symmetrical rug knot) upholstery; wool, hemp; overall: 120 x 201.3 x 55.9 cm (47 1/4 x 79 1/4 x 22 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1947.183

title:				Set of Four Armchairs and Settee
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creation date:			c. 1715
creation date earliest:		1712
creation date latest:		1717
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creditline:			John L. Severance Fund
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culture:	France, 18th century
technique:	carved wood, Savonnerie knotted-pile (symmetrical rug knot) upholstery; wool, hemp
department:	Decorative Art and Design
collection:	Furniture
type:		Furniture and woodwork
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CREATORS

* Royal Savonnerie Manufactory, Chaillot Workshops (French, est. 1627)  - manufacturer

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measurements: Overall: 120 x 201.3 x 55.9 cm (47 1/4 x 79 1/4 x 22 in.)
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'No existing exhibition history.', 'opening_date': None}

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PROVENANCE

	Isabella Merode-Westerloo and Franz Joseph Czernin de Chaudnitz, original suite of tapestries and furniture commissioned for their marriage in 1717; then by descent in the family until 1930 or 1931, when they were sold to a dealer, A. & R. Ball, New York.
	date: 1717-1947
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	(A & R. Ball, New York, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: 1931-1947
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	Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: 1947-?
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook.</em> Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.
	page number: 	Mentioned & Reproduced: cat. no. 286
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n58

	Bidwell, Frederick E., and Leslie Cade.<em> The CMA Companion: A Guide to the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art in association with New York, NY: Scala Arts Publishers, 2014.
	page number: 	Mentioned & Reproduced: pp. 132-133
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