id:			140348
accession number:	1964.298
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1964.298
updated:		2024-03-26 01:59:07.372000

Desk Chair with Swivel Mechanism, c. 1780. France, Paris. Walnut with caning and leather upholstery; overall: 88.4 cm (34 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Severance and Greta Millikin Collection 1964.298

title:				Desk Chair with Swivel Mechanism
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creation date:			c. 1780
creation date earliest:		1775
creation date latest:		1785
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creditline:			Severance and Greta Millikin Collection
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culture:	France, Paris
technique:	walnut with caning and leather upholstery
department:	Decorative Art and Design
collection:	Furniture
type:		Furniture and woodwork
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measurements: Overall: 88.4 cm (34 13/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		The Severance and Greta Millikin Collection
	opening date:   1990-07-05T04:00:00
	<i>The Severance and Greta Millikin Collection</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 5-September 2, 1990).

	title:		Jefferson in Paris:  Fashion on the Eve of the French Revolution
	opening date:   2002-10-05T00:00:00
	<i>Jefferson in Paris:  Fashion on the Eve of the French Revolution</i>. Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 5, 2002-January 5, 2003).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio (10/5/2002 - 1/5/2003), "Jefferson in Paris: Fashion on the Eve of the French Revolution"', 'opening_date': '2002-10-05T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	Jacques Dubois de Chefdebien (Etienne Adler, Paris, 13-14 Febraury 1941); (Fabre, Paris); (Samy Chalom, Paris, 1956); Severance and Greta Millikin, Cleveland, 1959.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Hawley, Henry. "French Furniture: The Millikin Collection." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 78, no. 5 (1991): 222-43.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 235
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25161326

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