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One of a pair of armchairs
Artist: Jacob-Desmalter (active 1803 - 1813), designed by Dominique Vivant Denon
Location: Victoria and Albert Museum
Date: 1803 - 1813
Materials: mahogany, brass & gilt-bronze
Dimensions: 94.4 x 68 x 64cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £25,000 (Total: £125,153)
Vendor: Through Christie's
Review number: 4296 (1996)
Export Stopped
Provenance:
Thomas Hope (1769-1831); by descent until Hope heirlooms sale from Deepdene, Surrey by Christie's, 1917; Edward Knoblock; Sotheby's; Ian Phillips; Christie's.
Description:
'Egyptian' style chair, related to a design published by Baron Dominique Vivant Denon (1747-1825). It is known that Denon possessed a version of a small statuette of Napoleon by Antoine Mouton showing the Emperor sitting in a chair of very similar form. This chair is one of a pair, the other one was acquired by the Walker, Liverpool with the same grant.
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