Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin
X-Frame Chair

CultureEnglish
Titles
  • X-Frame Chair
Datec. 1847
PlaceEngland
MediumOak, leather and brass
Dimensions39 1/2 × 18 × 18 in. (100.3 × 45.7 × 45.7 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Arch and Stella Rowan Foundation, Inc.
Object number96.608
Non exposé

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DescriptionA. W. N. Pugin was one of England´s most influential architects and designers in the 1830s and 1840s. His commissions included furniture for Windsor Castle and the interiors of the Houses of Parliament in London. Pugin believed English Gothic architecture should be the basis for the country’s national style. To him, it was the only appropriate style for English public institutions. This chair form was originally designed for the Prince’s Chamber in the House of Lords. Although those 16 chairs remain in the House of Lords, this chair is one of six (identical except for their upholstery) known outside Westminster.
Provenance[Jonathan Harris, Works of Art, London]; purchased by MFAH, 1996.
Exhibition History"Modern Gothic: The Inventive Furniture of Kimbel and Cabus, 1863–82," Brooklyn Museum, July 2, 2021–February 13, 2022.

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