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Stadholder’s Chair

Haarlem Reception Room

From the series One hundred masterpieces
271 Haarlem Reception Room Haarlem and Amsterdam, c. 1793-1795 after a design by Abraham van der Hart (1747-1820) painted and gilded wood, brocaded silk, wool, Carrara marble, cut glass

This reception room from a Haarlem mansion was only used for evening receptions.
Almost everything is symmetrical, in keeping with the Neoclassical style that was in vogue at the time.

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