Loading

Side chair

Michael Angelo Pergolesica. 1785

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States

Elaborately carved and painted side chair. The back is composed of crossed cornucopia, from which spring almost at right angles griffins and heads, holding between them an umbrella shaped canopy, with foliated stem of trumpet flowers, in false chinese taste; the surface is painted in buff, red, green, and blue. The rounded tapering legs curve inwards in the middle but splay out towards the feet; above the feet which are finely tapered, are carved acanthus leaves. At the top the legs have square capitols carved with acanthus leaves and berries.

Show lessRead more
  • Title: Side chair
  • Creator: Michelangelo Pergolesi
  • Creator Lifespan: 1760/1801
  • Date Created: ca. 1785
  • Physical Dimensions: w460 x h995 x d450 cm
  • Type: Side chair
  • Rights: Gift of the Countess Costantini
  • Medium: Carved, polychromed, and gilded wood
  • Viewing Notes: 1924-6-1 Side ChairIn the style of Michelangelo PergolesiItaly, late 18th CenturyCarved, polychromed and gilded wood99.5 x 46 x 45 cm (39 3/16 x 18 1/8 x 17 11/16 in. )Gift of the Countess CostantiniPergolesi was an Italian designer who also worked in London in the 1780's.
  • Provenance: Given by Countess Costantini
  • Exhibitions: New York, NY, Cooper Union Museum "The Logic and Magic of Color." 4/20/60-8/31/60, n. 325New York, NY, Cooper-Hewitt, "Campana Brothers Select: Works from the Permanent Collection," 2/15/08-8/24/08
  • Dimensions: H x W x D: 99.5 x 46 x 45 cm (39 3/16 x 18 1/8 x 17 11/16 in.)
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Get the app

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

Home
Discover
Play
Nearby
Favorites