Chair
ca. 1550 (made)
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Folding x-frame armchair of chestnut with geometric inlay in ivory and light-coloured wood.
Chair. Chestnut wood. A folding arm chair, inlaid with ivory and light-coloured wood. In the centre of the back is the escutcheon of Guidobaldo II, Duke of Urbino.
Chair. Chestnut wood. A folding arm chair, inlaid with ivory and light-coloured wood. In the centre of the back is the escutcheon of Guidobaldo II, Duke of Urbino.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Chestnut with ivory and light-coloured wood inlay |
| Brief description | Chair, x-frame, Italian, ca. 1550 |
| Physical description | Folding x-frame armchair of chestnut with geometric inlay in ivory and light-coloured wood. Chair. Chestnut wood. A folding arm chair, inlaid with ivory and light-coloured wood. In the centre of the back is the escutcheon of Guidobaldo II, Duke of Urbino. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Coat of arms on front roundel. Possibly that of Guidobaldo II, Duke of Urbino 1538-74 or his father Francesca Maria I. (The coat of arms looks as though it may have been added at a later date.) |
| Object history | Bought (Soulages collection) £40, one of a group of four - 7207 to 10-1860 Circulation dept. 22/6229 7207 and 7209-1860 were deaccessioned, (63/1668) |
| Historical context | Comparable chairs X-framed chair of walnut inlaid with silver and bone, 96.5 x 62.9 x 45.7cm, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, inv. 27.225.1. Gift of William H. Riggs, 1913, illustrated in M. Rosser-Owen. Islamic Arts from Spain (London: V&A Publishing, 2010) p. 88. |
| Production | It is possible that this object was constructed in the 19th century |
| Associated object | 7208-1860 (Ensemble) |
| Bibliographic reference | Italian furniture of the sixteenth century by Eveline B. Mitford, from The Connoisseur, December 1906, pp.227-232 |
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| Accession number | 7210-1860 |
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| Record created | May 9, 2007 |
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