Chair
| Accession Nr.: | 71.164.1 |
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| Date of production: |
ca. 1850
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| Place of production: | Hungary |
| Materials: | wood |
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| Techniques: | carved; painted; parcel-gilt; upholstered with gros point fabric |
| Dimensions: |
height: 146 cm
width: 55 cm
depth: 50 cm
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The chair stands on cabriole front legs the ones at the back are straight. The detachable seat narrows backwards in a curve the tapering, square-shaped back support is flanked by a column on each side at the top there is a pierced and carved pediment of three ogees. The upholstery of the seat and back show Neo-Rococo floral motifs. The basic formation of the chair is Neo-Rococo, which, influenced by the Romantic architecture of the age, used columns and Gothic tracery as decoration.
Literature
- a kiállítást rendezte: Batári Ferenc, Vadászi Erzsébet: Historizmus és eklektika. Az európai iparművészet stíluskorszakai. Iparművészeti Múzeum, Budapest, 1992. - Nr. 38. (Batári Ferenc)
