Armchair
| Accession Nr.: | 55.92.2 |
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| Date of production: |
ca. 1900
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| Place of production: | Iran (Persian Empire) |
| Materials: | bone inlay; brass; walnut wood (presumably) |
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| Techniques: | bone inlay; turned details; upholstered |
| Dimensions: |
height: 126 cm
width: 60,5 cm
depth: 54 cm
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The four baluster legs are joined by a curved, X- shaped stretcher. The square-shaped seat supports the two S-shaped parts that hold the curved arm rests. The square-shaped back support is deco-rated with a curved cresting at the top. The whole surface is decorated with mosaic-like intarsia of lines and tiny geometrical plates. The frieze of the back support shows a Persian inscription: "The chair that is decorated with stars is so valuable that it can be a chair for the kings of the East." (Translated into Hungarian by Professor Geza Fehervari).
Literature
- Szerk.: Kelényi Béla, Szántó Iván: Műtárgyak mindennapi használatra. Két korszak határán. Perzsa művészet a Qádzsár-korban (1796-1925). Hopp Ferenc Kelet-Ázsiai Művészeti M., Budapest, 2010. - p. 207. Nr. K.8.2.2. (Szántó Iván)
- a kiállítást rendezte: Batári Ferenc, Vadászi Erzsébet: Historizmus és eklektika. Az európai iparművészet stíluskorszakai. Iparművészeti Múzeum, Budapest, 1992. - Nr. 32 (Batári Ferenc)
