"Metamorphic Library Chair", from "Repository of Arts, Literature, Fashions Etc.." Plate 29 (volume I, July 1811)

Rudolph Ackermann

Brooklyn Museum photograph

Object Label

Morgan & Sanders’s metamorphic library chair established the basic mechanical design for this form. Their chair was rendered in the then-fashionable Neoclassical, or Regency, style, characterized by a concave back, scrolling arms, and curved, saber-shaped legs. The form of Eliaers’s library step-chair derives directly from this English example of forty years earlier.

Caption

Rudolph Ackermann British, 1764–1830. "Metamorphic Library Chair", from "Repository of Arts, Literature, Fashions Etc.." Plate 29 (volume I, July 1811), 1811. Printed paper and watercolor, Other: 9 1/4 x 5 1/8 in. (23.5 x 13 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of H. Blairman & Sons Ltd., 2011.80. No known copyright restrictions (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2011.80_PS6.jpg)

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Title

"Metamorphic Library Chair", from "Repository of Arts, Literature, Fashions Etc.." Plate 29 (volume I, July 1811)

Date

1811

Geography

Place published: London, England

Medium

Printed paper and watercolor

Classification

Print

Dimensions

Other: 9 1/4 x 5 1/8 in. (23.5 x 13 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of H. Blairman & Sons Ltd.

Accession Number

2011.80

Rights

No known copyright restrictions

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