Armchair
Designer
Arthur Heygate Mackmurdo(English, 1851–1942)English, 1851–1942
ManufacturerManufactured by
E. Goodhall & Co.(c. 1850–1899)c. 1850–1899
Artist
Century Guild of Artists(English, active 1882–1892)English, active 1882–1892
DesignerUpholstery fabric designed by
Herbert Horne(English, 1864–1916)English, 1864–1916
ManufacturerUpholstery fabric manufactured by
Simpson and Godlee Limited(founded 1881)founded 1881
CultureEnglish
Titles
- Armchair
Datec. 1885
MediumSatinwood with cotton upholstery; brass casters
DimensionsOverall: 31 3/16 × 23 × 20 1/4 in. (79.2 × 58.4 × 51.4 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Director's Accessions Endowment, Marjorie and Evan Horning Endowment
for Decorative Arts, American Institute of Architects Design Collection Fund, and the Goodman Collection by exchange
Object number2025.864
Not on view
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Department
Decorative Arts, Craft, and DesignObject Type
Published References Adam Bowett, ed. 100 British Chairs. Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK : Antique Collectors' Club, 2015, p.123. Linda Parry. Textiles of the Arts and Crafts Movement. New York: Thames and Hudson, 1988, pl.103. Stuart Evans and Jean Liddiard. Arts and Crafts Pioneers: The Hobby Horse Men and their Century Guild. London: Lund Humphries, 2021, pp. 110-121. Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
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Unknown American
c. 1820–1830
Grained, painted, and gilded mahogany, and birch; mahogany veneer on eastern white pine with black walnut banding, ash, eastern white pine, cherry, and original brass casters
B.68.31
Unknown American
c. 1810–1820
Mahogany and mahogany veneer; yellow-poplar, eastern white pine, cherry, and original brass casters
B.69.391
Herter Brothers
c. 1877–1878
Ebonized cherry, maple, satinwood, and gilt; upholstery not original
93.15
Alexander Roux
c. 1867–1877
Cherry, boxwood, hairwood, amboyna, ebony, purpleheart, satinwood, mahogany, gilt brass, felt not original
88.17
Herter Brothers
c. 1881–1882
Rosewood, marquetry of lighter woods, cedar, brass, leather, upholstery not original
89.111
Herter Brothers
1881–1882
Rosewood, marquetry of lighter wood; upholstery not original
2024.621.A,.B
Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann
c. 1925–1927
Veneered wood and bronze; upholstery not original
2016.331.1-.3
Gaetano Pesce
designed 1969, made 1969–1973
Polyurethane foam and elastic fabric upholstery
2020.40.1,.2
