Carlo BUGATTI

Throne
(c. 1890-1900)

Medium

ebonised wood, copper, painted vellum, bone, pewter, rope, silk tassels

Credit Line: National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased NGV Foundation, 2006

Gallery location: Not on display

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

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 20604
inscribed in ink under seat 14519 -
stamped in brown ink under seat ANNUL(...illeg.)
engraved in left post 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

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Carlo BUGATTI

Throne
(c. 1890-1900)