ticketsMember | Make a donation

Side chair (part of a set)

ca. 1790–1800
Not on view
This chair, together with the settee in the Florence Gould Galleries, originally belonged to a large set of seat furniture that included at least four settees and twenty side chairs. It was formerly thought to have been commissioned for the Villa Palagonia at Bagheria near Palermo, but the provenance remains undocumented, and the initials in the cipher at the center of the back, PPL, are as yet unidentified. The reverse-painted glass panels imitate agate, lapis, and marble. They are a distinctive feature often used on late-eighteenth-century Sicilian Neoclassical furniture.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Side chair (part of a set)
  • Date: ca. 1790–1800
  • Culture: Italian, Sicily
  • Medium: Carved, gilded and painted walnut, reverse-painted glass (verre églomisé), cut and voided 17th-century crimson silk velvet probably not original to the chair
  • Dimensions: H. 38-5/8 x W. 21-5/8 x D. 20 in. (98.1 x 54.9 x 50.8 cm)
  • Classification: Woodwork-Furniture
  • Credit Line: Gift of John P. Richardson, 1992
  • Object Number: 1992.173.2
  • Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

More Artwork

More Artwork
A slider containing 5 items.
Press the down key to skip to the last item.
Triple-back settee (part of a set), Carved, gilded and painted walnut, reverse painted glass, cut and voided 17th-century crimson velvet, Italian, Sicily
Triple-back settee (part of a set)
Italian, Sicily
ca. 1790–1800
Side chair (chais à la reine) (one of a pair), Georges Jacob French, Carved and gilded walnut; pink silk moiré damask (not original), French, Paris
Side chair (chais à la reine) (one of a pair)
Multiple artists/makers
1784
Armchair, Walnut, gilded; velvet, Italian, Venice
Armchair
Italian, Venice
mid-18th century
Chair (Sgabello), Workshop of Giuliano da Maiano (1432–1490) and Benedetto da Maiano (1442–1497), Walnut, maple, ebony; ebonized wood, and fruitwood; traces of gilding and red paint, Italian, Florence
Chair (Sgabello)
Workshop of Giuliano da Maiano (1432–1490) and Benedetto da Maiano (1442–1497)
ca. 1489–91
Side chair (one of a pair), Jean-Baptiste III Lelarge French, Carved and gilded beechwood, French, Paris
Side chair (one of a pair)
Jean-Baptiste III Lelarge
ca. 1775–80

Related Content

Publications

Books, guides, and catalogues published by The Met.

Research Resources

The Met provides unparalleled resources for research and welcomes an international community of students and scholars. The Met's Open Access API is where creators and researchers can connect to the The Met collection. Open Access data and public domain images are available for unrestricted commercial and noncommercial use without permission or fee.

To request images under copyright and other restrictions, please use this Image Request form.

Feedback

We continue to research and examine historical and cultural context for objects in The Met collection. If you have comments or questions about this object record, please complete and submit this form. The Museum looks forward to receiving your comments.