Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Thomas Chippendale, 1718–1779, British
Title:
Designs for Gothic Chairs
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite, gray wash, pen and black and gray ink on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 3/4 x 13 1/4 inches (19.7 x 33.7 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen and brown ink over graphite lower left: "T Chippendale inv et Diln"; lower center: "Published According to Act of Parliamt"; lower right: "M Darly Sculp"; inscribed in pen and black ink lower right sideways: "3"; inscribed in pen and brown ink over graphite upper center: "N. 22 Gothick Chairs"; upper right sideways: "26"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1975.4.1629
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
carving | still life | chairs | furniture | Gothic
Currently On View:
Not on view
Publications:
Peter N. Lindfield, Georgian Gothic: Medievalist Architecture, Furniture and Interiors, 1730-1840, The Boydell Press, Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK ; Rochester, NY, p. 97, fig. 3.7, NA966.5.G66 L56 2016 (LC) (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:7996