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This captivating collection, created in collaboration with The Met, draws on artworks and objects from across nine of The Met’s 17 curatorial departments to create a rich mosaic of historical narratives. Each design is a celebration of artisanship, inspired by exquisite forms and cultural traditions. Following our first collaboration with The Met in the 1970s, we bring museum magic into the home once again in homage to history and the grand beauty of art.

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European Sculpture & Decorative Arts

The fifty thousand objects in the Museum's comprehensive and historically important collection of European sculpture and decorative arts reflect the development of a number of art forms in Western European countries from the early fifteenth through the early twentieth century. The holdings include sculpture in many sizes and media, woodwork and furniture, ceramics and glass, metalwork and jewelry, horological and mathematical instruments, and tapestries and textiles. Ceramics made in Asia for export to European markets and sculpture and decorative arts produced in Latin America during this period are also included among these works.




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Parlor Velvet

Patterned Cut & Un-cut Velvet

SC 27324

Parlor Velvet

Parlor Velvet

Material Width: 55"
Horizontial Repeat: 2.2"
Vertical Repeat: 2.2"

Armchair

Armchair
(FAUTEUIL À LA REINE)

Designed by Jacques Gondouin (French, 1737–1818)
Carved and gilded beech, modern silk lampas; 1779
Gift of Susan Dwight Bliss, 1944   44.157.2


Parlor Velvet is inspired by an 18th-century fauteuil, or armchair, originally intended for Marie-Antoinette's grand cabinet intérieur at Versailles. The armchair boasts finely brocaded and appliquéd silk with botanical motifs.

A cotton-and-viscose velvet, this fabric uses cut and uncut pile for both a shine and matte effect that adds depth to the structured pattern.

Parlor Velvet

Parlor Velvet
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