Side Chair (chaise à châssis)
Returned to lender
This work of art was on loan to the museum and has since been returned to its lender.On May 16, 1770, the Duchess of Northumberland noted in her diary that Madame Du Barry "is lodged in parts of the Kings apartment in the Attic." The royal mistress had moved into these private rooms at Versailles the previous year. They were largely furnished with innovative furniture made by Delanois. The design of the chairs in Madame Du Barry’s Salon de Compagnie (Reception Room), for instance, featured a medallion-shaped back that would become a quintessential characteristic of Neoclassical seat furniture.
Artwork Details
- Title: Side Chair (chaise à châssis)
- Maker: Louis Delanois (French, 1731–1792)
- Maker: Carved by Joseph-Nicolas Guichard
- Maker: Gilded by Jean-Baptiste Cagny
- Date: 1769
- Culture: French
- Medium: Carved and gilded walnut (modern upholstery)
- Dimensions: 35 3/16 × 21 11/16 × 20 in. (89.4 × 55.1 × 50.8 cm)
- Classification: Woodwork-Furniture
- Credit Line: Musée National des Châteaux de Versailles et de Trianon (MV 5924.3)
- Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts