Sketches for a garden seat and a chair
Design
about 1889 (made)
about 1889 (made)
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The smaller sketch for the chair on the right is based on a medieval model. Burne-Jones had actual examples made up so that he could draw them from life. He used them as seats for the Knights of the Round Table in his tapestry design `The Departure of the Knights'. This tapestry was the first of the San Graal (Holy Grail) series. Other designers subsequently designed similar chairs. M. H. Baillie Scott created some in 1898 for the Grand Duke of Hesse, and C. R. Mackintosh designed some for the Ingram Street Tea Rooms in Glasgow in 1901. In this way a design classic grew from a rough idea Burne-Jones noted down on a piece of his own writing paper.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Sketches for a garden seat and a chair (popular title) |
| Materials and techniques | Pencil on writing paper |
| Brief description | Sketches for a garden seat and a chair. Pencil on writing paper. Sir Edward Coley Burne Jones (1833-1898) |
| Physical description | Two rough sketches for furniture on a folded sheet of writing paper |
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| Credit line | Given by Mrs M. Fogg |
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| Summary | The smaller sketch for the chair on the right is based on a medieval model. Burne-Jones had actual examples made up so that he could draw them from life. He used them as seats for the Knights of the Round Table in his tapestry design `The Departure of the Knights'. This tapestry was the first of the San Graal (Holy Grail) series. Other designers subsequently designed similar chairs. M. H. Baillie Scott created some in 1898 for the Grand Duke of Hesse, and C. R. Mackintosh designed some for the Ingram Street Tea Rooms in Glasgow in 1901. In this way a design classic grew from a rough idea Burne-Jones noted down on a piece of his own writing paper. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.1000-1976 |
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| Record created | February 19, 2003 |
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