Chair

1870 circa

EDWARD WELBY PUGIN (1834-1875)

Pugin designs this chair as part of the furnishings for the Hotel Granville, located in Ramsgate in Kent.

IN DETAIL

Dimensions

82,6 x 55,9 x 45,3 cm

Technique

Oak, with ebony inlays

Description

Edward Pugin died a few years after creating the design of this chair, which was a notable success after his death. In fact, the model is reused by various ecclesiastical furniture manufacturers. Thus, companies that appropriate the model can count on the fame of the name Pugin, also associated with his father, in the English Catholic world. For this reason, there are many variations of the chair, and they are visible in many museums; here we highlight the models preserved at Metropolitan Museum of New York, at the Art Institute of Chicago and at the Saint Louis Museum of Art.