GENERAL DESCRIPTION
This corner chair was originally part of an intricately pierced, boxlike table and four-chair set created by American Arts and Crafts designer Charles Rohlfs in 1898 or 1899. The table's legs, placed at the midpoints of the sides of the table rather than at the corners, were joined by cruciform cross stretchers that left the corners empty for the four chairs which, thus, fit entirely under the table top.
A photograph of the complete set appeared in 1901 in the highly influential German magazine Dekorative Kunst, in which Rohlfs was declared "inventive and uninfluenced." However, Rohlfs probably based the set on interlocking table and chair forms from China and Japan. Further, the individual chairs, which employ elaborate fretwork echoed both above and below the inset seat, are playful reinterpretations of the English and Anglo-American tradition of corner chairs that spanned the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries.
Drawn from
- Kevin Tucker, DMA unpublished material (2009.31), 2009.
- Joseph Cunningham, The Artistic Furniture of Charles Rohlfs (New York: American Decorative Art 1900 Foundation; New Haven: Yale University Press, 2008), 123-125.
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TMS Updates - GeoXrefs place of origin - JBA 10/16/2017
Updated source, added CC, will need to add Arts and Crafts CC when completed - JBA 10/1/17
Olivier - The gift agreement signed by Bruce Barnes indicates that ADA 1900 retains the rights to review all content related to this object before it is published.
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Until 2009: American Decorative Art 1900 Foundation (Bruce Barnes and Joseph Cunningham), New York, New York [1]
From 2009: Dallas Museum of Art, gift of the above [1]
[1] See Gift Agreement (dated September 13, 2009, copy in Collections Records Object Files)
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- De Young Museum~View an 18th century corner chair, the form on which this chair is based.
- Museum of Modern Art~View a notable 19th century corner chair by Ford Madox Brown, in production from 1865 through the 1880s.
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General Description
This corner chair was originally part of an intricately pierced, boxlike table and four-chair set created by American Arts and Crafts designer Charles Rohlfs in 1898 or 1899. The table's legs, placed at the midpoints of the sides of the table rather than at the corners, were joined by cruciform cross stretchers that left the corners empty for the four chairs which, thus, fit entirely under the table top.
A photograph of the complete set appeared in 1901 in the highly influential German magazine Dekorative Kunst, in which Rohlfs was declared "inventive and uninfluenced." However, Rohlfs probably based the set on interlocking table and chair forms from China and Japan. Further, the individual chairs, which employ elaborate fretwork echoed both above and below the inset seat, are playful reinterpretations of the English and Anglo-American tradition of corner chairs that spanned the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries.
Drawn from
- Kevin Tucker, DMA unpublished material (2009.31), 2009.
- Joseph Cunningham, The Artistic Furniture of Charles Rohlfs (New York: American Decorative Art 1900 Foundation; New Haven: Yale University Press, 2008), 123-125.
Fun Facts
Archival Resources
Web Resources
- De Young Museum~View an 18th century corner chair, the form on which this chair is based.
- Museum of Modern Art~View a notable 19th century corner chair by Ford Madox Brown, in production from 1865 through the 1880s.
Notes
TMS Updates - GeoXrefs place of origin - JBA 10/16/2017
Updated source, added CC, will need to add Arts and Crafts CC when completed - JBA 10/1/17
Olivier - The gift agreement signed by Bruce Barnes indicates that ADA 1900 retains the rights to review all content related to this object before it is published.
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Artist/designers
Cultures
Geography
Process/materials
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Individuals
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PROVENANCE
Until 2009: American Decorative Art 1900 Foundation (Bruce Barnes and Joseph Cunningham), New York, New York [1]
From 2009: Dallas Museum of Art, gift of the above [1]
[1] See Gift Agreement (dated September 13, 2009, copy in Collections Records Object Files)
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