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Set of fourteen side chairs
Desk (Bonheur Du Jour)
Writing table
The Gentleman and Cabinet-maker's Director: Being a Large Collection of . . . Designs of Household Furniture in the Gothic, Chinese and Modern Taste . . .
The Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker's Director
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This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 514
The design is based on one of several "ribband back chairs" in the first edition of Thomas Chippendale's Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker's Director (1754).
Major J.C. Bulteel (until 1953) ; [sale, Christie's, London , May 7, 1953, no. 23, sold to Partridge] ; [ Frank Partridge and Sons, Ltd. , in 1953] ; Irwin Untermyer , New York (until 1964; to MMA)
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