PLOYANT (FOLDING STOOL)
Creator(s): Claude I. Sené (Attributed to)
On view in: French Drawing Room
About this object
Louis XVI carved, painted and gilded pliant. The X-shaped supports are framed of swirl fluted collnettes having deep collars of acanthus leaves, conjoined to a drum travers and collared with strapwork enclosing florettes. Supports in the form of scrolled yokes carved with leafage bearing rose stems. Painted white and encircled with gilding.
- Object name:
- PLOYANT (FOLDING STOOL)
- Made from:
- Painted and gilded wood
- Made in:
- France
- Date made:
- 1780-1790
- Size:
- 40.6 x 69.9 x 50.8 cm (16 x 27 1/2 x 20 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 31.98
- Class:
- FURNITURE
- Signature marks:
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973