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Armchair

ca. 1835-ca. 1845 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

This chair is one of a pair made in the workshop of the celebrated German cabinetmaker Johann Wilhelm Vetter of Neuwied. Both 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 in western Germany, and these chairs are very similar in style. Stolzenfels was designed by the architect Karl Friedrich Schinkel, who was the most accomplished designer in the Gothic style in Germany at the time. It is possible that he also designed these two chairs.


Object details

Category
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 arch form, the centre carved and pierced with a circular design of tracery
Dimensions
  • Height: 127cm
  • Width: 58.4cm
  • Depth: 48.2cm
Dimensions taken from departmental catalogue. Not checked on the object
Style
Marks and inscriptions
I W VETTER NEUWIED (Stamp [check where])
Gallery label
  • ARMCHAIR W.2-1986 American and European Art and Design 1800-1900' In the early 1840s Vetter supplied furniture in the Gothic revival style to Schloss Stolzenfels on the Rhine near Koblenz. Stolzenfels was designed by Karl Friedrich Schinkel and it is possible that he also designed this chair.(1987-2006)
  • A Pair of Chairs German 1835-45 These chairs were made in the workshop of hte celebrated cabinet maker Johann Wilhelm Vetter of Neuwied and bear his stamp. 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 designer in the Gothic style in Germany. It is possible that he also designed these two chairs.
  • Armchair 1835–45 This chair bears the stamp of the celebrated German cabinet maker Johann Wilhelm Vetter. In the early 1840s Vetter made a number of important pieces of Gothic Revival furniture for Schloss Stolzenfels near Koblenz. The castle was being remodelled in a fashionable Gothic style by the architect Karl Friedrich Schinkel, who may also have designed the chair. [57 words] Germany, Nieuwied; by Johann Wilhelm Vetter Oak, with dark stain Museum no. W.2-1986(2011)
Subject depicted
Summary
This chair is one of a pair made in the workshop of the celebrated German cabinetmaker Johann Wilhelm Vetter of Neuwied. Both 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 in western Germany, and these chairs are very similar in style. Stolzenfels was designed by the architect Karl Friedrich Schinkel, who was the most accomplished designer in the Gothic style in Germany at the time. It is possible that he also designed these two chairs.
Associated object
Collection
Accession number
W.2-1986

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Record createdJune 1, 2001
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