Corner Chair (Modern Gothic style)

This corner chair displays an arresting angularity that foreshadows abstract modern furniture design of the early twentieth century. British designer and theorist Christopher Dresser’s amusing grotesques inspired the fanciful motifs of paired mice and birds on the chair’s back, further amplifying its Modern Gothic vocabulary. As seen in the video in the previous room, the chair has been reupholstered with a period-appropriate textile for this exhibition.