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Chair (England)
This is a chair. It is dated ca. 1844 and we acquired it in 1967. Its medium is molded papier-mâché, inlaid with mother-of-pearl, painted and gilt wood. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.
Paper-maché, used in Europe as early as the seventeenth century, became popular in England in the eighteenth century. The Birmingham firm of Jennings and Betteridge took out a patent in 1847 for steam pressing, which made the pre-molded, layered boards more malleable, enabling a die-press to produce more elaborate shapes, including scrolls and curves.
This object was
donated by
Mrs. Arthur Wiesenberger and Arthur Wiesenberger.
It is credited Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Wiesenberger.
- Mirror
- japanned wood, mirrored plate glass.
- Bequest of Mrs. John Innes Kane.
- 1926-22-230
Its dimensions are
H x W x D: 90.5 x 63 x 60.1cm (35 5/8 x 24 13/16 x 23 11/16in.)
It has the following markings
Imitation of a patent registration mark [opinion of Elizabeth Aslin of Victoria and Albert Museum, 9 Feb. 1968, "at top, where there should be a class number, the letter "H" appears. Other chairs with such fake registration marks exist."]; second mark under back of seat.
Cite this object as
Chair (England); molded papier-mâché, inlaid with mother-of-pearl, painted and gilt wood; H x W x D: 90.5 x 63 x 60.1cm (35 5/8 x 24 13/16 x 23 11/16in.); Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Wiesenberger; 1967-66-1
This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Rococo: The Continuing Curve 1730-2008.
