Side chair

Unknown

mid-18th century · Mahogany, modern damask · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

The design is based on one of several "ribband-back chairs" in the first edition of Thomas Chippendale's influential book, The Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker's Director of 1754. The preparatory drawing for this plate, which also appeared in the editions of 1755 and 1762, is in the Drawings Department at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Artist

Unknown

Date

mid-18th century

Medium

Mahogany, modern damask

Culture

British

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Credit line

Gift of Edwin C. Vogel, 1957