Loading

Coffin chair

Unknown17th Century

Dionísio Pinheiro And Alice Cardoso Pinheiro Foundation

Dionísio Pinheiro And Alice Cardoso Pinheiro Foundation
Águeda, Portugal

The designation of coffin chair refers to the piece of furniture to deposit and transport the dead. From the 17th century, this item presents typical Portuguese decorations, such as the carved wood twists, the wicker pillow, and the pieces on top of the four corners.
As this furniture ran out of use, it received an intervention in the 19th century aiming to adapt it into a convent chair; similar to what was made to identical furniture, while maintaining the metalwork from the original purpose, and removing only one of the sides.

Show lessRead more
  • Title: Coffin chair
  • Creator Nationality: Portuguese
  • Creator Gender: Male
  • Creator Death Place: Portugal
  • Creator Birth Place: Portugal
  • Date: 17th Century
  • Physical Dimensions: 2150 x 715 x 650 mm
  • Provenance: Fundação Dionísio Pinheiro e Alice Cardoso Pinheiro
  • Type: Rosewood / Straw Boater
  • External Link: http://www.fundacaodionisiopinheiro.pt/pt/o-museu/coleccao/mobiliario
  • Original Title: Esquife
  • Furniture-maker: Unknown
  • Credit Line: Text: © Fundação Dionísio Pinheiro e Alice Cardoso Pinheiro / Vieira Duque Translation: © Translation with Colour® (http://translationwithcolour.wordpress.com), Luís Arruda / Fundação Dionísio Pinheiro e Alice Cardoso Pinheiro Photo: © Fundação Dionísio Pinheiro e Alice Cardoso Pinheiro / João Carlos Graça
Dionísio Pinheiro And Alice Cardoso Pinheiro Foundation

Get the app

Explore museums and play with Art Transfer, Pocket Galleries, Art Selfie, and more

Home
Discover
Play
Nearby
Favorites