Side Chair (Taburete)

1750–1800

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Object Label

These two side chairs illustrate American responses to Old World traditions. The typical eighteenth-century Spanish colonial side chair does not differ much from its counterpart in British America. Both designs were based on English models that were adapted to suit local tastes. The cabriole leg design, a staple in colonial Rococo furniture, as well as in British and British American Queen Anne and Chippendale designs, was adopted in Spain and its overseas provinces, possibly as a result of the empire's intense but intermittent trade with England.


Estas dos sillas ilustran la respuesta americana a las tradiciones del Viejo Mundo. La típica silla lateral colonial española del siglo XVIII no se diferencia en mucho de su contraparte en la América británica. Ambos diseños se basaban en modelos ingleses adaptados al gusto local. El diseño de pata cabriolé— básico en la mueblería colonial rococó, así como los estilos Reina Ana y Chippendale británicos y británicoamericanos— se adoptó también en España y sus provincias de ultramar, posiblemente como resultado del comercio intermitente pero intenso del imperio con Inglaterra.

Caption

Side Chair (Taburete), 1750–1800. Mahogany with modern upholstery, 40 x 22 x 16 3/4 in. (101.6 x 55.9 x 42.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Robert W. Dowling, 64.243.1. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 64.243.1_PS4.jpg)

Gallery

Not on view

Title

Side Chair (Taburete)

Date

1750–1800

Geography

Place manufactured: Mexico

Medium

Mahogany with modern upholstery

Classification

Furniture

Dimensions

40 x 22 x 16 3/4 in. (101.6 x 55.9 x 42.5 cm)

Signatures

no signature

Inscriptions

no inscriptions

Markings

no marks

Credit Line

Gift of Robert W. Dowling

Accession Number

64.243.1

Rights

Creative Commons-BY

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