Desk chair
Almost all the chairs produced in France were made of painted or gilded wood. This one, however, is different. It is a rare example of a chair veneered with tropical woods and ornamented with gilt-bronze mounts. Its style is entirely in keeping with that of the desk on view next to it.
Publisher
- Rijksmuseum
Subject
- http://iconclass.org/48A98
- http://iconclass.org/48A9863
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
Rights
- Public Domain
- Publiek Domein
Creation date
- c.1760 - c.1770
Place-Time
- third quarter 18th century
Places
- Paris
- Parijs
- urn:rijksmuseum:thesaurus:RM0001.THESAU.4975
- Paris
- Île-de-France
- France
Provenance
- …; sale, Paul Dutasta (1873-1925, Paris), Paris (Galerie Georges Petit), 3 (4) June 1926 sqq., no. 117, frs 153,000 or frs 135,000;{Copy RMA; De Salverte 1927, p. 238.} …; from Dr Fritz Mannheimer (1890-1939), Amsterdam and Paris, fl. 6,350,000, en bloc, to Artistic & General Securities Ltd. as security for a loan from the Mendelssohn & Co. Bank, but kept in usufruct, 1934;{NHA, 476, RMA Archive, inv. no. 2142, Recapitulatie der geïnventariseerde kunstvoorwerpen van wijlen Dr F. Mannheimer, undated, p. 83, no. M 106, Artistic no. 20/21; NHA, 233, Arrondissementsrechtbank Amsterdam, inv. no. 1365, “O.R. 256/1939, Faillissementsdossier: nalatenschap Dr. F. Mannheimer, 28 augustus 1939”, image 3, page 2.} purchased from Mendelssohn & Co. Bank, en bloc, by the Dienststelle Mühlmann, The Hague, for Adolf Hitler's Führermuseum, Linz, 1940;{Korthals Altes 1974, pp. 21-22.} war recuperation, SNK, 1945;{HNA, SNK Archive, 2.08.42, inv. no. 548.} on loan, with 1,702 other objects, from the DRVK to the museum, 1952;{Note RMA.} transferred to the museum, 1960
Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.247798
- BK-16654
Extent
- height 88.3 cm
- width 62.8 cm
- depth 63.0 cm
- width 62.8 cm
- depth 53.5
- height 41.5 cm
- depth 50 cm
Format
Language
- nl
Is part of
- collectie: meubelen
Providing country
- Netherlands
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2014-05-27T13:25:27.107Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2018-03-17T13:05:06.132Z