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Description: | Part of a set of seat furniture which were re-furbished by Monbro for the Bowes"s Blue Salon at 7 rue de Berlin, Paris, in 1856. A bill lists the cleaning, re-polishing and re-upholstery of a set of 'tulipwood' seat furniture for 400 francs, for the sofa (FW.92), 4 armchairs (FW.93a-d) and 4 chairs (FW.94a-d). This example is upholstered with an 18th century Aubusson or Beauvais tapestry back cover depicting an Oriental man playing a sitar-like instrument.
Height: 97 cm | License: | http://www.thebowesmuseum.org.uk/terms/ | Rights holder: | The Bowes Museum | Subjects: | 715 | Source: | Bowes-OAI | Identifier: | http://www.thebowesmuseum.org.uk/collect... | Go to resource |
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