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Armchair (silla)
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Armchair (silla)

Antonio Mateo de los Reyes (Venezuelan, active 1725–66)
about 1740
Object PlaceCaracas, Venezuela
Medium/TechniquePolychromed and gilt cedar; upholstery, brass
DimensionsOverall: 107 x 77 x 56 cm (42 1/8 x 30 5/16 x 22 1/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Patricia Phelps de Cisneros in honor of Carlos Duarte
Accession number2017.88
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ClassificationsFurniture
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ProvenanceAbout 1740, possibly made for Don Antonio Pacheco y Tovar, first count of San Javier (b. 1694– d. 1742), Caracas, Venezuela [see note 1]. 1930s, auctioned in Venezuela. By 1966, Manuel Santaella, Caracas; by descent to Mercedes Santaella de Henning, Caracas; 2000, sold by Santaella de Henning to the Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros, Caracas; 2017, gift of the Colección Cisneros to the MFA. (Accession Date: March 1, 2017)

NOTES:
[1] Provenance information is taken from Carlos F. Duarte, Muebles venezolanos: siglos XVI, XVII y XVIII (Caracas: Grupo Editor Cuatro, 1966), 88.