Maker
Unknown English
CultureEnglish
Titles
- Armchair
Datec. 1779
MediumBeech; various secondary woods, gilding, and upholstery (not original)
Dimensions39 1/4 × 24 1/4 × 20 1/2 in. (99.7 × 61.6 × 52.1 cm)
Credit LineThe Rienzi Collection, museum purchase funded by Mr. and Mrs. Harris Masterson III
Object number96.1079
Current Location
Rienzi
Drawing Room
On view
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Department
RienziObject Type
Exhibition History"Neoclassicism: A Taste for the Antique, 1720-1790," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Brown Foundation Galleries, March 20-May 30, 2011.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
FS stamped into the back underside of seat rail
Like a seemingly identical armchair which has been in the collection of the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto since 1943, this chair is impressed on the underside of the seat rail with the letters “FS,” which may be a craftsman’s mark.
Like a seemingly identical armchair which has been in the collection of the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto since 1943, this chair is impressed on the underside of the seat rail with the letters “FS,” which may be a craftsman’s mark.
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Robert Adam
Commissioned 1764, made 1765
Limewood, pine, beech and gilding with later silk upholstery
2014.810
Richard Wright
c. 1750 or later
Mahogany and upholstery (not original)
94.893.2
Richard Wright
c. 1750 or later
Mahogany and upholstery (not original)
94.893.1
Unknown American
c. 1785–1815
Ash; painted and gilded, composition decoration; original linen and horsehair foundation; gilded brass tacks; and modern silk cover
B.91.51
John Vardy
c. 1757
Limewood, gilding, and upholstery (not original)
94.903.1
