SIR EDWIN LUTYENS (1869-1944)

A PAIR OF 'NAPOLEON' CHAIRS, DESIGNED 1919

Details

SIR EDWIN LUTYENS (1869-1944)
A PAIR OF 'NAPOLEON' CHAIRS, DESIGNED 1919
mahogany, upholstery and brass castors
32 ½ in. (82.5 cm.) high; 34 in. (87 cm.) wide; 27 ½ in. (70 cm.) deep
castors stamped COPE

Literature

Similar example illustrated:
M. Lutyens, Edwin Lutyens, London, 1980, pp. 175-8;
Luytens the Work of the English Architect Sir Edwin Lutyens (1869-1944), Hayward Gallery, 18 November 1981 - 31 January 1982, exh. no. 239, pp. 10 and 140;
E. Wilhide, Sir Edwin Lutyens Design in the English Tradition, London, 2000, p. 52.

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Lot Essay

Lutyens designed the 'Napoleon' chair for his own home in 1919, and later gave one to each of his five children. The name originates from an assymetric chair depicted in a painting of Napoleon by Jacques-Louis David .

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