File:Sofa (part of a set) MET DT8613.jpg
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Artist |
artist QS:P170,Q437128
artist QS:P170,Q3756559 Creator:Carlo Chivasse |
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Title |
Sofa (part of a set) |
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Object type | Italian, Piedmont; Sofa; Woodwork-Furniture | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Description |
This sofa and two armchairs (1987.62.2, .3) are from a set of furniture that also included a daybed, six side chairs, and two additional armchairs. The set was designed by the Bolognese architect Filippo Pelagio Palagi, who in 1832 was commissioned by Carlo Alberto, king of Sardinia, to redecorate his royal palaces. One of these palaces was at Racconigi, and Palagi designed this set of furniture for the principal drawing room next to the royal bedroom. The armchairs and sofa are distinguished by the sculptural treatment of the crest rails and by the quality and refinement of the veneering. The set of furniture was executed by Gabrielle Cappello, whose workshop produced many of Pelagi's designs for Racconigi, with the assistence of Carlo Chivasse. The silk upholstery fabric on the armchairs and sofa is a reproduction of the original covering; it was woven by the textile firm that originally produced the fabric in the 1830s. |
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Date |
circa 1835 date QS:P571,+1835-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 |
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Medium | Mahogany veneered with maplewood and mahogany, covered with modern silk brocade | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dimensions | 42 1/2 x 90 x 31 1/8 in. (108 x 228.6 x 79.1 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q160236 |
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Current location |
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts |
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Accession number |
1987.62.1 |
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Credit line | Purchase, Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, by exchange, 1987 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Source/Photographer |
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/207681
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Date and time of digitizing | 15:09, 17 October 2007 |
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Date metadata was last modified | 02:30, 10 September 2011 |
File change date and time | 13:05, 28 January 2008 |
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