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One of a pair of armchairs
Jacob-Desmalter
- Art Funded
- 1996
- Dimensions
- 94.4 x 68 x 64 cm
- Vendor
- Christie's
'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 V&A with the same grant.
Artists include
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.