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Throne

Throne
 (c. 1890-1900)

Medium
ebonised wood, copper, painted vellum, bone, pewter, rope, silk tassels
Measurements
150.4 × 78.0 × 56.0 cm
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
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased NGV Foundation, 2006
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
Gallery location
Not on display
About this work

Carlo Bugatti’s style was much influenced by Moorish, Islamic and Japanese design. It is, nevertheless, Carlo’s idiosyncratic combination of these cultural influences that make his furniture designs unique. He employed a variety of unusual materials, such as fringes and tassels, to soften the hard-edged geometry of these constructions. Signature features include his use of ebonised wood inlaid with metal, often described as Moorish, but owing as much to Japanese inspiration as to Islamic. Bugatti’s use of vellum is particularly characteristic and he often decorated his vellum surfaces with plant motifs in a soft brown wash.