Armchair
ca. 1835-1845 (made)
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| Place of origin |
This chair is one of a pair made in the workshop of the celebrated German cabinet-maker, Johann Wilhelm Vetter of Neuwied. They are marked with the stamp of his workshop. In the early 1840s Vetter made a number of important pieces of Gothic Revival furniture for Schloss Stolzenfels, near Koblenz, and these chairs are very similar in style. Stolzenfels was designed by the architect Karl Friedrich Schinkel, who was the most accomplished deisgned in the Gothic style in Germany. It is possible that he also designed these two chairs.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Oak, carved and coloured with dark stain |
| Brief description | Of carved and stained oak, the backs pierced with a roundel of tracery. |
| Physical description | The chair is raised on hexagonal, facetted legs and the back uprights, arms and arm supports are all of similar section. The arm supports are back-curving in an S-scroll and the arms are serpentine and down-curving. The seat is of oak, the outer faces of the side and front rails carved with recessed panels with arched ends. The back is of ogee arched form, the centre carved adn pierced with a circular design of tracery. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'I W VETTER NEUWIED' (Stamped [check where}) |
| Subject depicted | |
| Summary | This chair is one of a pair made in the workshop of the celebrated German cabinet-maker, Johann Wilhelm Vetter of Neuwied. They are marked with the stamp of his workshop. In the early 1840s Vetter made a number of important pieces of Gothic Revival furniture for Schloss Stolzenfels, near Koblenz, and these chairs are very similar in style. Stolzenfels was designed by the architect Karl Friedrich Schinkel, who was the most accomplished deisgned in the Gothic style in Germany. It is possible that he also designed these two chairs. |
| Associated object | |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | W.3-1986 |
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| Record created | July 19, 2005 |
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