Omega chair
Chair
1913 (made)
1913 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
This was one of the two standard dining chairs offered for sale by the Omega Workshops, opened by the artist Roger Fry in 1913 with premises in Fitzroy Street, London. Fry was a promoter of decorative arts, and wanted to remove the division in perception between the fine and decorative arts. In the workshop, artists produced pieces that were anonymous, signed only with the Greek letter Omega.
The Omega Workshops either designed furniture to be made by professional furniture makers, or bought second-hand furniture at auction to paint and resell. The dining chairs were carefully designed by Roger Fry with the angle between the top rail and back exaggerated by the square panel of caning in the back.
The Omega Workshops either designed furniture to be made by professional furniture makers, or bought second-hand furniture at auction to paint and resell. The dining chairs were carefully designed by Roger Fry with the angle between the top rail and back exaggerated by the square panel of caning in the back.
Object details
| Category | |
| Object type | |
| Title | Omega chair (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Pine, lacquered and painted, the cane gilded |
| Brief description | Chair, lacquered and painted with gilded caning, designed by Roger Fry for the Omega Workshops, c.1913-1919 |
| Physical description | Dining chair of rectangular form painted red, with gilded cane panels in seat and back |
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| Style | |
| Credit line | Given by Marianne Rodker |
| Object history | Designed by Roger fry for the Omega Workshops and made by Dryad Ltd, this is one of the two standard Omega dining chairs offered for sale: one was painted red and the other was painted grey and had a gap between seat and back. This type of Omega dining chair was illustrated in the Omega Workshops Descriptive Catalogue. |
| Summary | This was one of the two standard dining chairs offered for sale by the Omega Workshops, opened by the artist Roger Fry in 1913 with premises in Fitzroy Street, London. Fry was a promoter of decorative arts, and wanted to remove the division in perception between the fine and decorative arts. In the workshop, artists produced pieces that were anonymous, signed only with the Greek letter Omega. The Omega Workshops either designed furniture to be made by professional furniture makers, or bought second-hand furniture at auction to paint and resell. The dining chairs were carefully designed by Roger Fry with the angle between the top rail and back exaggerated by the square panel of caning in the back. |
| Bibliographic reference | Gerstein, Alexandra (ed.), Beyond Bloomsbury: Designs of the Omega Workshops 1913-19 London : The Courtauld Gallery, 2009
F17 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | CIRC.125-1961 |
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| Record created | May 31, 2006 |
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