"Metamorphic Library Chair", from "Repository of Arts, Literature, Fashions Etc.." Plate 29 (volume I, July 1811)
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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.
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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
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Dimensions
Other: 9 1/4 x 5 1/8 in. (23.5 x 13 cm)
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Gift of H. Blairman & Sons Ltd.
Accession Number
2011.80
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