From the permanent collection · July 26, 2026
Settee (one of a pair) (part of a set)
Johann Michael Bauer · ca. 1763–64
Carved, painted and gilded linden wood; squab pillow in silk velvet (not original)
Settee (one of a pair) (part of a set), by Johann Michael Bauer, ca. 1763–64.
Carved, painted and gilded linden wood; squab pillow in silk velvet (not original).
From the collection of the The Metropolitan Museum of Art. The Lesley and Emma Sheafer Collection, Bequest of Emma A. Sheafer, 1973.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Lesley and Emma Sheafer Collection, Bequest of Emma A. Sheafer, 1973
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