Design for a Sofa, from: Nouvelle Iconographie Historique III, series Q

Design for a Sofa, from: Nouvelle Iconographie Historique III, series Q

Duval

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Design for a large sofa in a late Louis XV style. The sofa is divided up in five parts. In the center on top of the sofa a Chinese figure is depicted holding up a parasol. The upholstery of the sofa is decorated with the fables of Fox and Crane and Wolf and Heron (Jean de la Fontaine).

Drawings and Prints

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Design for a Sofa, from: Nouvelle Iconographie Historique III, series QDesign for a Sofa, from: Nouvelle Iconographie Historique III, series QDesign for a Sofa, from: Nouvelle Iconographie Historique III, series QDesign for a Sofa, from: Nouvelle Iconographie Historique III, series QDesign for a Sofa, from: Nouvelle Iconographie Historique III, series Q

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