Ceremonial Chair
1500-1600 (made), 1840-1860 (made)
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High-backed chair in walnut (?) with lion's paw feet, lion's head arms and curved section running from the front of the seat to the lower edge of the back. The hinged seat lifts to reveal a large storage space, quarter cylindrical in volume. The back, sides and curved section are heavily carved with fruit, foliage, masks, herms and architectural elements.
The badge has been identified as a form of that of the House of Burgundy, a fusil and flint, adopted as his device by Philip the Bold (1419-1467), surmounting crossed logs, similarly adopted by Charles the Bold (1467-1475).
The badge has been identified as a form of that of the House of Burgundy, a fusil and flint, adopted as his device by Philip the Bold (1419-1467), surmounting crossed logs, similarly adopted by Charles the Bold (1467-1475).
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Materials and techniques | Carved and joined walnut |
Brief description | Ceremonial chair of carved walnut (?), with a high back and hinged seat. French, probably created in the mid 19th century as 16th century. |
Physical description | High-backed chair in walnut (?) with lion's paw feet, lion's head arms and curved section running from the front of the seat to the lower edge of the back. The hinged seat lifts to reveal a large storage space, quarter cylindrical in volume. The back, sides and curved section are heavily carved with fruit, foliage, masks, herms and architectural elements. The badge has been identified as a form of that of the House of Burgundy, a fusil and flint, adopted as his device by Philip the Bold (1419-1467), surmounting crossed logs, similarly adopted by Charles the Bold (1467-1475). |
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Object history | Bought for £42 Robinson reports, vol. I pt.1 30 March 1863-18 May 1868 40. 5 May 1863 "I recommend that a stall chair in carved walnut-wood of French Renaissance work, circa 1570(?) now on loan to the Museum be acquired from Mr Attenborough who offers it at the price of £42. This object was purchased by Mr Attenborough at the Soltykoff sale. Portions of it have been restored but with great taste & judgement, and on the whole it is a beautiful & characteristic work." |
Historical context | Comparable 16th century throne armchairs High-backed armchair, French, 1525-1550, rebuilt in the 19th century; Frick Collection (65.5.147), Furniture in the Frick Collection. Volume V: Renaissance Furniture, Sixteenth-century Italian and French (David Dubon); French Furniture18th and 19th Centuries, part 1 (Theodore Dell), (The Frick Collection, distributed by Princeton University Press, 1992), p.149ff; Burgundian c1580 with the coat of arms of Philibert de La Meuzard des Maillots (Edith Mannoni, Mobilier Regional, La Bourgogne (Paris, 1996), p.28 |
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Accession number | 8464-1863 |
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Record created | June 14, 2006 |
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