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Pair of Armchairs (Fauteuil)

c. 1785

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made by

Nicolas-Denis Delaisement

(French)

France, 18th century

Boxwood

Overall: 98.2 x 69.9 x 68.3 cm (38 11/16 x 27 1/2 x 26 7/8 in.)

The Elisabeth Severance Prentiss Collection 1944.109

Location

202 French Neoclassical Decorative Arts

Inscriptions

Inscription

signed on back of frame of seat underneath: Delaisement with inverted "s."

Nicolas-Denis Delaisement

received his maîtrise on 18 October 1776.
Provenance
Paul Dutasta, Paris, France
?–1944
Elisabeth Severance Allen Prentiss [1865-1944], Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
1944–
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Citations
Catalogue of the Elisabeth Severance Prentiss Collection : Bequest of Elisabeth Severance Prentiss, 1944. [Cleveland]: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1944. Reproduced: p. [45], Plate XIX, cat. no. 27-28; Mentioned: p. 49-50, cat. no. 27-28 archive.org
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. Reproduced: p. 158 archive.org
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. Reproduced: p. 190 archive.org
Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1944.109