Child's Chair
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Object Label
Music is one section of a two-panel decorative screen inspired by Japanese furnishings popularized by the Aesthetic Movement. Thomas Wilmer Dewing’s musician, dressed in Grecian robes and surrounded by an idyllic landscape, may be read as an allegory of nature’s soothing effect on the body and soul. For the wealthy businessmen who were Dewing’s greatest patrons, such ethereal scenes may have offered a reprieve from the demands of modern industry.
Caption
Gardner & Company 1863–1888. Child's Chair, Patented May 21, 1872. Wood, plywood, brass tacks, 18 1/8 × 8 5/8 × 10 in. (46 × 21.9 × 25.4 cm) mount: 18 × 8 3/4 × 11 in. (45.7 × 22.2 × 27.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Maria L. Emmons Fund, 1998.88. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.1998.88.jpg)
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Maker
Title
Child's Chair
Date
Patented May 21, 1872
Geography
Place manufactured: Clarksville (now Glen Gardner), New Jersey, United States
Medium
Wood, plywood, brass tacks
Classification
Dimensions
18 1/8 × 8 5/8 × 10 in. (46 × 21.9 × 25.4 cm) mount: 18 × 8 3/4 × 11 in. (45.7 × 22.2 × 27.9 cm)
Markings
Impressed on back, left of "Y" piercing in rectangle: "GARDNER'S / PATENT / MAY 21 1872"
Credit Line
Maria L. Emmons Fund
Accession Number
1998.88
Rights
Creative Commons-BY
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