Caption

Chair, designed by Karl Friedrich Schinkel 1781–1841; maker, attributed to Paulina Sobolewowa ca. 1839–1919 in provenance. Biedermeier style, 1825–1835, possibly Poland. Biedermeier chair with a trapezoidal upholstered seat and a rectangular openwork backrest carved with a caduceus two winged snakes intertwined on a staff. Rectangular legs arched outward; back legs merge into the backrest frames. Straight frame. Seat upholstered in striped fabric. Backrest topped with a wide board; bottom is slatted. Seating furniture, height 84.3 cm, width 48.3 cm, depth 48.3 cm., A wooden chair with a light brown finish and carved decorative backrest sits on a pale gray tiled floor against a cream-colored wall; the seat is upholstered in a striped fabric featuring shades of beige, brown, and cream with a braided trim, the chair legs are curved and polished light brown wood, and a soft shadow is cast on the wall.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A10_378

License type

Rights managed

Available size

18.6Mb (806.3Kb) / 6.9in x 10.5in / 2060 x 3149 (300dpi)

Keywords

Chair designed Karl Friedrich Schinkel 1781–1841 maker attributed Paulina Sobolewowa ca 1839–1919 provenance Biedermeier style 1825–1835 Poland Biedermeier chair trapezoidal upholstered seat rectangular openwork backrest carved caduceus two winged snakes intertwined staff Rectangular legs arched outward back legs merge backrest frames Straight frame Seat upholstered striped fabric Backrest topped wide board bottom slatted Seating furniture height 84.3 cm width 48.3 cm depth 48.3 cm wooden chair light brown finish carved decorative backrest sits pale gray tiled floor cream-colored wall featuring shades beige cream braided trim chair legs curved polished brown wood soft shadow cast wall.