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Throne
(c. 1890-1900)
Medium
ebonised wood, copper, painted vellum, bone, pewter, rope, silk tassels
Measurements
150.4 × 78.0 × 56.0 cm
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased NGV Foundation, 2006
Gallery location
18th & 19th Century Decorative Arts & Paintings Gallery
Level 2, NGV International
About this work
Carlo Bugatti’s idiosyncratic furniture was inspired by a European interest in other cultures in the late nineteenth century, yet his work exists at the margins of recognised artistic movements. His style was influenced by Moorish, Islamic and Japanese design, and he employed a variety of materials in his furniture, including vellum, repoussé metal and silk tasselling, which added an exotic flavour. Features include his use of ebonised wood inlaid with metal, often described as Moorish but owing as much to Japanese inspiration as to Islamic. The inlays on the front stretcher of this chair reference a foreign script, but in other areas they represent plants and birds in a pseudo-Japanese style.
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Milan, Lombardy, Italy
Inscription
inscribed in ink under seat u.l.: 20604
inscribed in ink under seat l.r.: 14519 -
stamped in brown ink under seat c.: ANNUL(...illeg.)
engraved in left post l.c.: Casati
Accession Number
2006.484
Department
International Decorative Arts
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Digitisation Champion Ms Carol Grigor through Metal Manufactures Limited