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Armchairs (with antique textiles and parts) | Viceregal and 19th Century Art Galleries | Museo Amparo, Puebla

Armchairs (with antique textiles and parts)

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Region Spain?
Period Eighteenth century?
Technique

Red cedar, velvet, bronze, metal threads and silk

Pieces per lot 2
Measures 122   x 75  x 55  cm
Location Vault. Viceregal and 19th Century Collection
Record number VS.AU.013
Researcher
  • Gustavo Curiel

This pair of armchairs represents two very problematic pieces of furniture. During the twentieth century, this type of objects were copied widespread. Parts of antique furniture, period textiles and bronzes from other furniture were used. Surprisingly, the bronze is intact and in good condition, which clearly indicates that it is a replacement. As regards to the textiles, damasks, velvet and cloth trimmings and original silk embroidery were used; something similar can be said of the metal thread stitching, which belongs to the viceregal period.

The lower parts of this pair of armchairs, which are not “friar's chairs”, show very little wear, which confirms that this furniture is not of the period. When Hispanic trends came into fashion in the first half of the twentieth century, households recreated old spaces and purchased a multitude of copies of chairs and other pieces of furniture from antique stores in Spain, which makes it impossible to accurately identify their origin. 

 

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