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Desk Chair with Swivel Mechanism

c. 1780

France, Paris, 18th century

Walnut with caning and leather upholstery

Overall: 88.4 cm (34 13/16 in.)

Severance and Greta Millikin Collection 1964.298

Location

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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.

Citations

Hawley, Henry. "French Furniture: The Millikin Collection." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 78, no. 5 (1991): 222-43. Reproduced: p. 235 www.jstor.org

Exhibition history

Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio (10/5/2002 - 1/5/2003), "Jefferson in Paris: Fashion on the Eve of the French Revolution"

The Severance and Greta Millikin Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 5-September 2, 1990).

Jefferson in Paris: Fashion on the Eve of the French Revolution. Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 5, 2002-January 5, 2003).

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Desk Chair with Swivel Mechanism

France, Paris, 18th century

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