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Canapé: Part of a Set of Two Canapés, Eight Armchairs and a Fire Screen Showing Figures and Birds within Crimson Grounds

 (French, est. 1662)
Datebetween 1755 and 1770 or 19th century
MediumDyed wool and silk yarns on warps of undyed wool
Dimensions46 7/8 x 90 x 32 in. (119.1 x 228.6 x 81.3 cm)
Credit LineHenry Clay Frick Bequest
Accession number1914.5.13
Collection History

Charles Manners-Sutton, first Viscount Canterbury (1780–1845), Palace of Westminster, London. Sixth to eighth Dukes of Devonshire, Chatsworth, Derbyshire. Frick, 1914.

Source: Furniture in The Frick Collection: French 18th- & 19th-Century Furniture (Pt. 2) & Gilt Bronzes. Volume VI. New York: The Frick Collection, 1992.

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Black and white photo of Canapé Showing Grotesque Compositions on Beige or Blue Grounds (Part o…
Probably French, Late Nineteenth or Early Twentieth Century
1675–1725 and 19th century
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