Chair
This side chair is an example of the "exotic" furniture that Lockwood de Forest designed and produced at the Ahmedabad Wood Carving Company in western India. De Forest's synthesis of straightforward plank construction and solid rectilinear form advocated by design reformers, with Indian, North African, and Near Eastern vocabularies of ornament, is characteristic of the Aesthetic movement. The chair is upholstered with a geometric-patterned and richly embroidered fabric (now worn) made at Ahmedabad and of the type that designers like Tiffany used for exotic effect in Aesthetic-style interiors. This chair may have belonged to a suite purchased by Baltimore & Ohio Railroad heiress Mary Elizabeth Garrett for her home in Baltimore.
Artwork Details
- Title: Chair
- Designer: Designed by Lockwood de Forest (American, New York 1850–1932 Santa Barbara, California)
- Maker: Ahmedabad Wood Carving Company
- Date: ca. 1881–86
- Geography: Possibly made in Ahmedabad, India; Possibly made in New York, New York, United States
- Culture: American
- Medium: Probably teak; silk embroidery on linen
- Dimensions: 32 3/8 x 18 1/4 x 18 1/2 in. (82.2 x 46.4 x 47 cm)
- Credit Line: Purchase, The Overbrook Foundation Gift, 1992
- Object Number: 1992.340
- Curatorial Department: The American Wing
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