- Title :
-
The Campeche chair in the Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Author :
- GONTAR, Cybèle Trione ;
- Publication year :
-
2003
- Language :
- English ;
- Abstract :
- Discusses Campeche chairs, which were transplanted from Latin America to the United States. Describes a Campeche chair, probably Mexican (ca.1820; New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art), that was originally owned by James Colles, a merchant who acquired it in New Orleans. Surveys the development of the curule-base chair, of which the Campeche is a modern version, from the x-frame folding stool of ancient Egypt. Includes an appendix featuring correspondence by Thomas Jefferson on the subject of Campeche chairs. ;
- Pagination/Size :
- 46 ill. ;
- Topic :
- 530 - BIBLIOGRAPHIE D'HISTOIRE DE L'ART ;
- French keywords :
- Chaise ; Chaise Campêche ; Correspondance ; Egypte ; Etats-Unis ; Fauteuil ; Influence ; Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 ; Mexique ; Mobilier ; New York (NY, USA), Metropolitan Museum of Art ; Siège curule ; Tabouret ;
- Descriptors :
- Armchairs ; Campeche chairs ; Chairs ; Correspondence ; Curule chairs ; Egypt ; Furniture ; Influence ; Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 ; Mexico ; New York (NY, USA), Metropolitan Museum of Art ; Stools ; United States ;
- Document type :
- Article ;
- Source :
-
Metropolitan Museum journal, 2003, 38
- INIST identifier :
- 24874275 ;
- ISSN :
- ISSN 0077-8958 ;
- Provenance :
- Bibliographie d'Histoire de l'Art ;
- Publisher :
-
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
- Publisher country :
- UNITED STATES ;
