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PLIANT (FOLDING STOOL)
PLIANT (FOLDING STOOL)
Made by: Unknown
On view in: French Drawing Room
About this object
Louis XVI carved, painted and gilded pliant. The X-shaped supports are framed of swirl fluted collnettes having deep collars of acanthus leaves, conjoined to a drum travers and collared with strapwork enclosing florettes. Supports in the form of scrolled yokes carved with leafage bearing rose stems. Painted white and encircled with gilding.
- Category:
- furniture
- Object name:
- PLIANT (FOLDING STOOL)
- Made from:
- Wood -- material
- Made in:
- France
- Date made:
- 18th c.
- Size:
- 40.6 x 69.9 x 50.8 cm (16 x 27 1/2 x 20 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 31.98
- Class:
- FURNITURE
- Signature marks:
- MARK
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973
