Daybed (Lit de repos or sultane) (part of a set)

Louis-François Chatard · 1788-01-01T00:00:00Z

Part of a set with a bergère (41.205.2) and fire screen (41.205.3a, b) made for Marie-Antoinette’s cabinet de toilette or dressing room at the château de Saint Cloud in 1788. The front stiles of the head and footboard of the daybed and the arm supports of the bergère are carved with Egyptian half figures, early expressions of the fashion known as égyptomanie. The silk-embroidered cotton twill upholstery of the set is a modern copy of the original needlework done by the queen herself.