Settee (one of a pair) (part of a set)

Technique

Carved, painted and gilded linden wood; squab pillow in silk velvet (not original)

Dimensions

43 x 54 1/2 x 25 1/4 in. (109.2 x 138.4 x 64.1cm)

Settee (one of a pair) (part of a set) is a woodwork-furniture by Johann Michael Bauer (German, Westheim 1710–1779 Bamberg), ca. 1763–64. Carved, painted and gilded linden wood; squab pillow in silk velvet (not original); 43 x 54 1/2 x 25 1/4 in. (109.2 x 138.4 x 64.1cm). It is part of the European Sculpture and Decorative Arts collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. The Lesley and Emma Sheafer Collection, Bequest of Emma A. Sheafer, 1973.