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An array of classic chairs with distinctive designs and upholstery, highlighting craftsmanship from different historical styles.

Elmwood directoire chair, chair furniture furniture interior design wood elmwood brass velvet, Openwork backrest in which diamond shape with bent ribs in topline encrusted brass pane of which rib is missing seat striped velvet and gobelin-like directoire
Elmwood directoire chair, chair furniture furniture interior design wood elmwood brass velvet, Openwork backrest in which diamond shape with bent ribs in topline encrusted brass pane of which rib is missing seat striped velvet and gobelin-like directoire
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Slipper Chair. Culture: American. Dimensions: 44 1/4 x 17 1/2 x 16 1/2 in. (112.4 x 44.5 x 41.9 cm). Maker: John H. Belter (1804-1863). Date: ca. 1855.This chair, intricately carved with grapes on the vine, is a delightfully fanciful example of the Rococo Revival style. Such furniture was described at the time it was made as being in "the modern French style" because it borrowed elements from the eighteenth-century Rococo, such as curvaceous cabriole legs, strong C- and S-curves and scrolls, and the extravagant use of carved naturalistic ornament. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Side Chair. Dated: 1935/1942. Dimensions: overall: 36.2 x 24.6 cm (14 1/4 x 9 11/16 in.) Original IAD Object: none given. Medium: watercolor and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: David S. De Vault.Arm chair, design Jan de Meijer, Jan de Meijer, 1925 - 1929 Arm chair, design Jan de Meijer. Netherlands walnut (hardwood). rosewood (wood). wool Arm chair, design Jan de Meijer. Netherlands walnut (hardwood). rosewood (wood). woolArmchair. Culture: American. Dimensions: 36 3/4 x 23 x 18 in. (93.3 x 58.4 x 45.7 cm). Date: 1795-1810. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Side chair. Culture: American. Dimensions: 43 1/2 x 18 1/2 x 15 1/2 in. (110.5 x 47 x 39.4 cm). Date: 1840-50. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Stencilled Rocker. Dated: 1938. Dimensions: overall: 43 x 32.5 cm (16 15/16 x 12 13/16 in.) Original IAD Object: none given. Medium: watercolor, colored pencil, graphite, and pen and ink on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Lawrence Flynn.. Armchair belonging to a set of six armchairs from mahogany with a triangular ground surface, forming a round bench together. Flowered silk coating with passing element. The two overhoeks placed front legs, the hind leg, rules, struts, armrests and the ruling of the backrest are curved, profiled and almost all end in a volute. The armrests close the backrest and shapes a triangular crown that, just like the rule and the swellings of the front legs, shell-shaped acanthus leaves.Furniture. Thonet chair.Armchair Made 1855-1865 Austria. Bentwood, caning . Michael Thonet (Designer)Sidechair. Maker, attributed to: Herter Brothers, American, 1864-1906Windsor Chair. Dated: c. 1936. Dimensions: overall: 35 x 24.4 cm (13 3/4 x 9 5/8 in.) Original IAD Object: none given. Medium: watercolor, colored pencil and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Ella Josephine Sterling.antique armchair made of walnut wood from the biedermeier time antique armchair made of walnut wood from the biedermeier time Copyright: xZoonar.com/BorisxZerwannx 7009486George Nelson, Chair, c 1936 ChairArmchairSILLA DE BRAZOS DE FELIPE II - HACIA 1590 - CASTILLA - NOGAL. Location: MONASTERIO-INTERIOR. SAN LORENZO DEL ESCORIAL. MADRID. SPAIN.Archair at the Queen. Beech, around 1735. Paris, Carnavalet museum. Queen's armchair Armchair at the Queen, Hetre, furniturePair of Chairs 1844 Birmingham. Papier-mchÈ, wood, gilded and inlaid with mother-of-pearl; modern upholstery . Jennens and BettridgeSide Chair ca. 1800 American. Side Chair. American. ca. 1800. Ash, cherry, white pine. Made in New York, New York, United StatesSlat-back Armchair. Culture: American. Dimensions: 46 3/4 x 25 in. (118.7 x 63.5 cm). Date: 1700-1740. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Arm chair with trapezoidal open space in the backrest, fa. J.J. Side & Co., c. 1920 - c. 1930 Arm chair of oak -wood resting on four legs. The front legs are chamfered and rest on black stained discs with convex sides. The front legs continue in the army tits and contain a sculpted black stained drop shape just below the armrest. The hind legs continue in the backstyles and broaden from below, after which they narrow up at the height of the center. The backrest is composed of three panels. These are formed in such a way that a triangular shape has been created on the top and an open trapezoidal shape has been created on the bottom. The two outer panels are connected to the black -stained center panel by means of five beads on each side. The seat is covered with black trijp. Amsterdam wood (plant material). oak (wood). textile materials. velvet (fabric weave). cotton (textile) Arm chair of oak -wood resting on four legs. The front legs are chamfered and rest on black stained discs with Rocking Chair, Small, Child's. Dated: 1937. Dimensions: overall: 34.9 x 26.5 cm (13 3/4 x 10 7/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 28"tall, 16"wide. Medium: watercolor, colored pencil, and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Simon Weiss.Ray Holden, Shaker Child's Rocker, c 1936 Shaker Child's RockerCombination Table and Chair (as chair). Dated: c. 1938. Dimensions: overall: 35.5 x 29.1 cm (14 x 11 7/16 in.) Original IAD Object: none given. Medium: watercolor, colored pencil, graphite, and gouache on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Joseph Sudek.Argyle Tea Rooms Armchair; Designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh (Scottish, 1868-1928); Made by Francis Smith & Son; Scotland; oakFolding chair of Beukenhout, Anonymous, 1500 - 1600 Folding chair of beech wood, with five slats in the back and nine in the seat. The upper sill of the back shows a simple notch-cut decoration with a sawn-out stylized lily in the middle. Italy wood (plant material). beech (wood) Folding chair of beech wood, with five slats in the back and nine in the seat. The upper sill of the back shows a simple notch-cut decoration with a sawn-out stylized lily in the middle. Italy wood (plant material). beech (wood)One armchair; Unknown; Venice, Italy, Veneto, Europe; about 1730 - 1740; Carved, gessoed, and gilt walnut; upholstered in modern Genoese velvet; Object: H: 140 x W: 86 x D: 87 cm (H: 55 1/8 x W: 33 7/8 x D: 34 1/4 in.)Chair of mahogany, with square legs. Partially stabbed and partially opened. Covered with red velvet., Anonymous, 1550 - 1600 Mahogany armchair resting on square legs, covered with red silk velvet, trimmed along the seating rules with a passion. The low side sports are accolade -shaped from below and the high rear sport is narrowed in the middle; The high pre -sport is partly stabbed, partly open. Arming stars with home and section. The backstyles are chamfered at the top, scanned and rolled in. The upholstery, struts and parts of the front legs wear oval, elongated grooved copper nails. Knee wood (plant material). mahogany (wood). silk. leather. copper (metal) Mahogany armchair resting on square legs, covered with red silk velvet, trimmed along the seating rules with a passion. The low side sports are accolade -shaped from below and the high rear sport is narrowed in the middle; The high pre -sport is partly stabbed, partly open. Arming stars with home and section. The backstyles are Attributed to Samuel McIntire, Sofa, c. 1810, mahogany and upholstery (not original).Armchair from a set of furniture for the Żeleńsk bedroom Wyspiały, Stanis Aw (1869 1907), Sydor, AndrzejWindsorarmchairPierre Malbet. Cabriolet armchair. Beech, around 1765. Paris, Carnavalet museum. 50579-1 Cabriolet armchair, stretch, furniture, furnitureRoundback Armchair, one of a pair, 17th century, 41 1/4 x 28 3/4 x 25 1/4 in. (104.78 x 73.03 x 64.14 cm) (outer frame), Huang hua-li hardwood, cane, metal, China, 17th centuryArmchair (Germany); wood, leather; 71.9 x 59.5 x 60 cm (28 5/16 x 23 7/16 x 23 5/8 in. ); Bequest of Ruth Vollmer; 1982-26-8. Armchair from walnut. The furniture is covered and rests on overhoeks placed front legs in the form of broken S volutes, decorated with acanthus leaf. The legs are connected by an X-shaped cross, also with broken S-volutes and acanthus sheet. The armrest tricks are S-shaped; The armrests have been rolled and end up in a volute with Acanthus sheet. The high back window rests on struts with rosettes.ChairCradle, oval, from braided copper wire with frame of wood, hanging on chains attached to the tongues of two swans sitting on a column, Anonymous, 1825 Oval cradle of windy wire wire, surrounded on the top and bottom with wooden tires, covered with metal at the top. Oak bottom. The cradle hangs with copper chains on the tongues of two sculpted sitting swans with highly curved necks and ending wings in voluten, which are on column -shaped columns. These are placed on semic circular legs on wheels, connected by a cylindrical style. Mahogany and copper. France wood (plant material). mahogany (wood). oak (wood). copper (metal). metal Oval cradle of windy wire wire, surrounded on the top and bottom with wooden tires, covered with metal at the top. Oak bottom. The cradle hangs with copper chains on the tongues of two sculpted sitting swans with highly curved necks and ending wings in voluten, which are on column -shaped columns. These are placed on semic circular legs on wheels, connected by M Rosenshield von Paulin, Chair, 1935 1942 ChairJohn Garay, Chippendale Side Chair, 1935 1942 Chippendale Side ChairArmchair late 15th or 16th century (textiles); 16th century, second half (woodwork) Iberian or Flemish (woodwork); Italian (or Spanish) (textiles). Armchair. Iberian or Flemish (woodwork); Italian (or Spanish) (textiles). late 15th or 16th century (textiles); 16th century, second half (woodwork). Walnut, carved and turned; dark red silk and satin cut velvet; gilt metal tape with fringe gilt-metal thread.Desk chair (Fauteuil de bureau) ca. 1750 French This type of comfortable chair, known in French as a fauteuil de cabinet or a fauteuil de bureau, was introduced during the eighteenth century specifically for use behind a desk. With its high wrap-around back, the sitter would straddle the front leg with his legs apart. Etienne Meunier (master ca. 1732), is known for the production of such seats. His innovation was to arrange the legs not in the usual square manner but rather in a diamond-shape by placing one leg in front, thereby optimizing the chairs stability. Displaying beautiful serpentine lines, the frames of Meuniers desk chairs are often sparingly embellished with carved foliage scrolls and flowers. The two hinged arm pads open up to a small hidden compartment for the storage of personal items. The chair has kept its original leather upholstery.. Desk chair (Fauteuil de bureau) 194662Window seat (one of a pair) ca. 1810 Italian, Piedmont. Window seat (one of a pair) 238611Armchair (one of four) 1755-65 Tapestry probably woven at Royal Manufactory Beauvais 1664-1789 These chairs are from a set of six armchairs and two settees supplied to the third Duke of Ancaster (1714-1778) for Grimsthorpe Castle, Lincolnshire. The set was originally partially gilt and upholstered with Gobelins coverings (now Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam) after designs by Francois Boucher. The present coverings were applied between 1934 and 1858.. Armchair (one of four). British and French, probably Beauvais. 1755-65. Mahogany; wool and silk (18-21 warps per inch, 7-9 per centimeter). Tapestry probably woven at Royal Manufactory Beauvais 1664-1789. Woodwork-FurnitureWilliam Spiecker, Rocking Chair Bishop Hill, 1935 1942 Rocking Chair: Bishop HillBoston Rocker. Dated: c. 1938. Dimensions: overall: 40.6 x 30.4 cm (16 x 11 15/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 37 1/2"high, 21 3/4" wide. See data sheet for dets.. Medium: watercolor, colored pencil, and some heightening on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Einar Heiberg.Pair of Side ChairsDorothy Johnson, Rope Bottom Chair, 1941 Rope Bottom ChairTwine seat of rosewood-lined with red velvet. Twine seat of rosewood with walnut and covered with red velvet. On the cover a passing of gold thread.Arm chair lined with tapisserie with a boy in a vineyard (Petit Vendangeur) (back) and a flying eagle with a partridge in the claws (seat), Manufacture Royale des Gobelins, c. 1935 Arm chair of gilded beech wood, resting on conically shaped legs. The armchair belongs to an ameblement. On the covered bent sitting window and the covered oval back window have been installed on a pink long -distance performances within flower wreaths (Tapisserie de Beauvais). See also: BK-16657-B/F. ParisParisdesigner: Francedesigner: Francefurniture worker: France walnut (hardwood). gilding (material). ketting: wool. inslag: silk tapestry / gilding Arm chair of gilded beech wood, resting on conically shaped legs. The armchair belongs to an ameblement. On the covered bent sitting window and the covered oval back window have been installed on a pink long -distance performances within flower wreaths (Tapisserie de Beauvais). See also: BK-16657-B/F. ParisParisdesigner: Francedesigner: Francefurniture worker: Maso armchair; End of the 18th century (1780-00-00-1800-00-00);Akant (ornament), Masonic emblems, garlands (ornament), classicism (style), Freemasonry, Sphinx (mitol.), Ribbons, purchase (provenance)Frank Wenger, Armchair, 1936 ArmchairSide Chair. Dated: 1935/1942. Dimensions: overall: 30.5 x 22.5 cm (12 x 8 7/8 in.). Medium: watercolor and graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Ferdinand Cartier.Wooden chair, isolated on white background, with clipping path Wooden chair, isolated on white background, with clipping path Copyright: xZoonar.com/OleksandrxKostiuchenkox 9747027Rocking Chair. Dated: c. 1942. Dimensions: overall: 45.7 x 35.5 cm (18 x 14 in.) Original IAD Object: 38 1/4"high; 20 1/2"wide. See data sheet for details.. Medium: watercolor, gouache, colored pencil, and graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: John Price and Marin J. Bright.Edith Magnette, Fiddle back Chair, c 1937 Fiddle-back ChairSewing Table. Dated: 1938. Dimensions: overall: 32.3 x 24.1 cm (12 11/16 x 9 1/2 in.) Original IAD Object: 20 1/4"deep; 25"wide. See data sheet for details.. Medium: watercolor, colored pencil, graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Charles Goodwin.Frank Wenger, Armchair, 1937 ArmchairPadoekhout chair, decorated with entered patterns and inlaid with a tropical wood, 1899 Padoekhout chair, decorated with entered patterns and inlaid with a tropical wood. The back of the back is decorated with the original batiked parchment. The covering of the chair is not original. Amsterdam padouk (wood). parchment (animal material) Amsterdam Padoekhout chair, decorated with entered patterns and inlaid with a tropical wood. The back of the back is decorated with the original batiked parchment. The covering of the chair is not original. Amsterdam padouk (wood). parchment (animal material) AmsterdamSidechairGarden Bench ca. 1850 American. Garden Bench. American. ca. 1850. Cast iron. Made in United States. Chair of mahogany, covered with green tripe (not original). The two light S-shaped curved legs are decorated with a ribbed band that is crowned by a large motif an acanthus leaves. The powerfully curved hind legs are unfinished. The straight sitting rule shows in front and sides of cannelures, interrupted in the middle of the front by a round medallion with rosette, which depends on bays of bays in both sides. Along the oval, light hollow back and the high, c-shaped curved supports thereof is a list of alternating bars and three pearls. This is interrupted at the top by a round medallion with a women's head in profile, turned to the right, hanging on a Bow and terews flanked by depending lewing. With S-shaped curved arm struts decorated with an acanthus sheet and in a full-length, on the back piece with a list of rods and pearls decorated arms with a coated armrest.Decorative standLuxurious vintage red and gold armchairFolding Armchair ca. 1877-97 Marks Adjustable Folding Chair Company. Folding Armchair. American. ca. 1877-97. Walnut, metal. Made in New York, New York, United StatesArmchair, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, on off-white laid paper, Chair in three-quarter view, with a tall rectangular back, square seat, short straight arms, and gently tapering legs on ball feet. The only ornamentation is the backward C-curves on the arms, entablature-like vertical striations on the seat, and balls at the end of the legs., Italy, 1780-90, furniture, Drawing, DrawingChair. Culture: American. Dimensions: 31 1/2 x 15 3/8 x 19 1/4 in. (80 x 39.1 x 48.9 cm). Maker: Attributed to Herter Brothers (German, active New York, 1864-1906). Date: ca. 1880. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Michael Riccitelli, High Chair, 1938 High ChairWilbur M Rice, Wooden Straight Chair, c 1938 Wooden Straight ChairBlack genuine leather classical style chairEasy Chair. Dated: 1935/1942. Dimensions: overall: 29.6 x 23.3 cm (11 5/8 x 9 3/16 in.) Original IAD Object: none given. Medium: watercolor and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Florence Neal.Henry Granet, Side Chair, 1937 Side ChairJacobean Armchair. Dated: c. 1940. Dimensions: overall: 53.8 x 44.8 cm (21 3/16 x 17 5/8 in.) Original IAD Object: 44 1/2" high; 21 1/2" wide. Medium: watercolor, pen and ink, and graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Lawrence Phillips and M. Rosenshield-von-Paulin.Furniture. Gold-plated carved armchair, consisting of Louis-XIV curls and acanthus volutes. The back has one sport and a richly sliced upper sorrel with leaf volutes. The deeply healed armrests show clock cords. Red satin pillow. Children's toys.Oval table ca. 1770-75 Roger Vandercruse, called Lacroix French. Oval table 205783Banister-back chair. Culture: American. Dimensions: 47 1/2 x 21 x 15 3/4 in. (120.7 x 53.3 x 40 cm). Date: 1715-35.The unusual carved crest rail, banister back, cane seat, and "Spanish" front feet combine to make this one of the most dynamic examples of the William and Mary-style banister-back side chair. The carving on the crest rail is reminiscent of engraved cartouches on contemporary silver, which were indebted to strapwork ornament found in European Baroque design sources. The back's split banisters were made by gluing together two pieces of wood, shaping the block on a lathe, and then separating it into two pieces again. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Margaret Stottlemeyer, Sofa, c 1938 SofaArmchair 1765-75 Attributed to Thomas Affleck Affleck, a Scottish immigrant, came to America in 1763, the same year as John Penn (1729-1795), governor of Pennsylvania. This is one of a group of open-arm, upholstered-back armchairs with straight legs that Affleck is believed to have made for Penn. It follows a pattern for "French Chairs with Elbows" published in Thomas Chippendales "Gentleman and Cabinet-Makers Director" (1762 ed.).. Armchair 216Violet Hartenstein, Rocker, 1940 RockerWindow Stool 1805-15 Attributed to the Workshop of Duncan Phyfe Scottish. Window Stool 9827isolated classic leather chair isolated classic leather chair made in 3d Copyright: xZoonar.com/StanislavxRishnyakx 2952285Classical style Armchair sofa couch in vintage room with desk lampWhite Vintage classical farbirc style ChairArmchair (part of a set of nine) mid-18th century Tapestry woven at Aubusson. Armchair (part of a set of nine) 239168Etienne Meunier. Cabriolet armchair. Beech, around 1745. Paris, Carnavalet museum. 50254-3 Cabriolet chair, stretch, furniture, floral motif, furniturePiano stool 1815-25 American. Piano stool 5598Close-up of an old Chinese traditional chairSide Chair. Culture: American. Dimensions: 34 x 20 5/8 x 22 1/4 in. (86.4 x 52.4 x 56.5 cm). Maker: Attributed to John Finlay (active ca. 1799-1833); Attributed to Hugh Finlay (active ca. 1800-37). Date: 1815-20.This brilliantly conceived and handsomely executed chair derives its broad, deeply curved crest tablet from the ancient Greek klismos form, and its turned front legs from Roman prototypes. During the James Madison administration (1809-17), the architect Benjamin Latrobe designed a suite of painted furniture for the White House in the latest Grecian style. Although the suite was destroyed in a fire in 1814, drawings for it bearing Latrobe's instructions to the Baltimore fancy chair makers John and Hugh Finlay still exist and provide the basis for this chair's attribution. Originally part of a larger set, this chair was once used by Arunah S. Abell, founder of the "Baltimore Sun," in his country house "Wood bourne." The Metropolitan owns four chairs (65.167.5, .6, .8, .9) from tSuite of Furniture, Michel The KLowl, 1917 - 1918 Bank on two sleeves. The flat panels of the cheeks end up in a semi -round movement at the front. The two handrails have been cut out half -circular -shaped on the fronts and offer space for two turtles that rest with their heads on the handrails. There are two whales in the corners at the pre -rule. The in the back forms half a cone, the striker with piping and leaf collar protruding. The upholstery runs over the back a bit, just like four cords ending in rosette with brushes. designer: Northern NetherlandsAmsterdam wood (plant material). beech (wood). mahogany (wood). boxwood. wool. textile materials Bank on two sleeves. The flat panels of the cheeks end up in a semi -round movement at the front. The two handrails have been cut out half -circular -shaped on the fronts and offer space for two turtles that rest with their heads on the handrails. There are two whales in the corners at the pre -rule. The in the back forms half a cone, theFire basket, trapezoidal, the front legs with button decoration, anonymous, c. 1750 Fire pit made of iron with a loose grid. The basket is trapezoidal. The front legs end in button decorations. The front and hind legs are connected by cave and spherical decorative connections. Amsterdam (possibly) iron (metal) Fire pit made of iron with a loose grid. The basket is trapezoidal. The front legs end in button decorations. The front and hind legs are connected by cave and spherical decorative connections. Amsterdam (possibly) iron (metal)A Mao Tse-Tung figurine sitting in an armchairChild's high chair. Culture: British. Dimensions: Overall: 34 1/2 × 20 × 17 1/2 in. (87.6 × 50.8 × 44.5 cm). Date: ca. 1660. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Sidechair. Maker, formerly attributed to: Lambert Hitchcock, American, 1795-1852Small table. unknown, contractorNeo-gothic chair with majority upholstery, horrix brothers, c. 1850 Neo-gothic chair with bulk-point upholstery. The chair is made of rosewood, pine and elm wood. The Hague rosewood (wood). pine (wood). elm (wood). Folding chair from Yepenhout with leather back and seat and resting on semi-circular legs, connected to semi-circular styles. The legs are on connection clocks. The armrests end in volutes and run up in the back styles. The front of the legs, the styles and the top of the armrests are inlaid in a diamond with checkerbord motif, interspersed with windows with starfields and concentric circles, carried out in the Certosina technique in leg, mother-of-pearl and various types of wood.. Coated chair, part of the cup-amicublement, from white and blue gray painted beech wood and resting on conical legs. The rules and sills of the back window, with Tuscan fluted columns as back styles, exhibit stroke braid with rosettes. Finish with rosettes and acanthus leaves. The upholstery shows on light blue satin ground floral motifs, held by griffones. Ordered for the new landscape 74, Haarlem. See: BK-15615-a / p; BK-15614; BK-15616-A / b.Claude Marshall, Comb Back Chair, c 1940 Comb Back ChairDay Bed. Dated: c. 1940. Dimensions: overall: 35.2 x 41.2 cm (13 7/8 x 16 1/4 in.) Original IAD Object: 7'5" long, 2'8" wide, 2'6" high. Medium: watercolor, colored pencil, graphite, and pen and ink on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Peter C. Ustinoff.beige Retro Classic fabric style chairCard table. Culture: American. Dimensions: 30 x 35 1/4 x 17 1/2 in. (76.2 x 89.5 x 44.5 cm). Maker: Charles-Honoré Lannuier (France 1779-1819 New York). Date: 1805-12.The latest styles in European furniture arrived in colonial and Federal America by three principal means: pattern books of engraved furniture designs, imported high-style objects, and skilled immigrant craftsmen. This exquisite table, a nearly pure rendition of French Consulate (1799-1804) design, was made in New York by one of the most important of these immigrant craftsmen, Charles-Honoré Lannuier. Trained as a cabinetmaker in Paris in the tumultuous aftermath of the French Revolution, Lannuier came to New York City in 1803 and distinguished himself as the city's resident ébéniste de Paris until his untimely death at the age of forty in 1819. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.SideChair