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Pair of armchairs

ca. 1765
Not on view
Part of a set of seat furniture previously at Lavington Park, Sussex, the chair is related to a design for a so-called "French chair" in the third edition of Thomas Chippendale's The Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker's Director (1762). Chippendale suggested to create an open space between the cartouche-shaped back and the seat in order to lighten the overall effect of this drawing-room chair.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Pair of armchairs
  • Date: ca. 1765
  • Culture: British
  • Medium: Mahogany, beech and needlework
  • Dimensions: Overall (each): 42 × 28 × 26 in. (106.7 × 71.1 × 66 cm)
  • Classification: Woodwork-Furniture
  • Credit Line: Gift of Irwin Untermyer, 1964
  • Object Number: 64.101.985, .986
  • Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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