Juliet Armchair
Armchair
2002 (designed), 2002 (manufactured)
2002 (designed), 2002 (manufactured)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Matthew Hilton, one of Britain's best-known contemporary furniture designers, combines modernity with respect for tradition. This chair was designed for the Italian manufacturer Montina. Founded in 1919, Montina remains a specialist producer of chairs using traditional techniques and materials, such as the unornamented solid timber seen here. Montina thus typifies the major strength of Italian furniture manufacturing, which is high quality specialist production on an industrial scale. The floor-level stretchers and the boxy shape of this chair recall Austrian Secessionist designs of about 1900, notably chairs by Josef Hoffmann. The original full-size timber prototype for the Juliet chair, complete with annotations about amendments to the profile and other details, is also in the Museum's collection.
Object details
| Category | |
| Object type | |
| Title | Juliet Armchair (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Oak, upholstered seat with wool cover |
| Brief description | Juliet Armchair; oak with open sides and back and solid seat upholstered in pink wool; designed by Matthew Hilton, 2002, Manufactured by Montina International S.r.l., Italy, 2002. |
| Physical description | Light oak armchair with solid seat and open back and arms. Stretchers between the front and rear legs are at floor level. The back is a rounded oblong timber form. The seat is upholstered with a pink wool covered fixed pad. |
| Dimensions | AtoI approved, but dimensions still need taking (currently inaccessible in the corrals, 22/12/2008) |
| Gallery label | 103-6
JULIET ARMCHAIR
Designed by Matthew Hilton (British, born 1957)
Made by Montina International S.r.I., Italy, 2002
Oak, wool upholstery
Matthew Hilton leads the furniture design team at Habitat and is a well-known designer for leading furniture companies such as SCP. This design recalls the arts and crafts movement and Viennese design around 1900. Montina was formed as a specialist chair company in 1919. It is a good example of an Italian manufacturer combining industrial-scale production with traditional artisanship.
Given by Montina International S.r.I.
W.59-2002(2006) |
| Credit line | Given by Montina International S.r.l. |
| Summary | Matthew Hilton, one of Britain's best-known contemporary furniture designers, combines modernity with respect for tradition. This chair was designed for the Italian manufacturer Montina. Founded in 1919, Montina remains a specialist producer of chairs using traditional techniques and materials, such as the unornamented solid timber seen here. Montina thus typifies the major strength of Italian furniture manufacturing, which is high quality specialist production on an industrial scale. The floor-level stretchers and the boxy shape of this chair recall Austrian Secessionist designs of about 1900, notably chairs by Josef Hoffmann. The original full-size timber prototype for the Juliet chair, complete with annotations about amendments to the profile and other details, is also in the Museum's collection. |
| Associated object | W.19-2005 (Prototype) |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | W.59-2002 |
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| Record created | August 15, 2002 |
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