Accession Nr.: 55.92.2
Date of production:
ca. 1900
Place of production: Iran (Persian Empire)
Materials: bone inlay; brass; walnut wood (presumably)
Techniques: bone inlay; turned details; upholstered
Dimensions:
height: 126 cm
width: 60,5 cm
depth: 54 cm
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)