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As described by Bronhkurst, these chairs,'...not only display Hunt's talent as an applied artist but encapsulate in three-dimensional form his commitment to orientalism'. Hunt described the design as based upon 'an Egyptian stool in the British Museum'. In the end Hunt related his design to various ancient Egyptian chairs that he had seen, including the celebrated Thebes stool, which Crace & Son then made.

  • Presented by Gladys Holman Hunt, 1947.
  • © Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery

Makers

Association Artist Organisation
Designer William Holman Hunt -
Manufacturer J G Crace -

Exhibitions

Catalogue No. Venue Date(s)
Victorian & Edwardian Decorative Arts
I, i Victoria and Albert Musuem, London 1952-10-23 - 1953-01-18
 
Weltkulturen und Moderne Kunst. Die Begegnung der europaischen Kunst und Musik im 19 und 20 Jahrhundert mit Asien, Afrika, Ozeanien, Afro-und Indo-Amerika.
27 Haus der Kunst, Munich 1972-06-16 - 1972-09-30
 
The Inspiration of Egypt: Its Influence on British Artists, Travellers and Designers
208 Brighton Museum 1983-05-07 - 1983-07-17
208 Manchester City Art Gallery 1983-08-04 - 1983-09-17
 
Europa und der Orient, 800-1900
177 Martin-Gropius-Bau Museum, Berlin 1989-05-28 - 1989-08-27
 
The Craces: Royal Decorators 1768-1899
121 Brighton Museum and Art Gallery 1990-09-09 - 1990-12-30
 
Egyptomania: Egypt in Western Art, 1730-1930
204 Musée du Louvre, Paris 1994-01-20 - 1994-04-18
204 National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa 1994-06-17 - 1994-09-18
204 Kunsthistorisches, Vienna 1994-10-16 - 1995-01-29
 

Literature

Author(s) Date(s) Publisher Pages
The Art Annual
A Meynell , F W Farrar 1893 J. S. Virtue and Co. Ltd. pp. 25-30
 
Pre-Raphaelitism and the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
William Holman Hunt 1905 Macmillan, London Vol. 2, pp. 134, 136, 203, repr. pl. 137
 
Nineteenth Century English Furniture
Elisabeth Aslin 1962 Faber, London p. 58, pl. 64
 
Apollo
Richard Ormond July 1965 - pp. 55-58
 
The Inspiration of Egypt:its Influence on British Artists, Travellers and Designers, 1700-1900
Patrick Conner 1983 Brighton Borough Council p. 208
 
Antique Collector
David Beevers June 1983 - p. 84
 
The Birmingham Post
Richard Edmonds January 1984 - p. 10
 
The Birmingham Post
Richard Edmonds April 1985 - -
 
Europa und der Orient, 800-1900
Gereon Sievernich, Henrick Budde 1989 Berliner Festspiele, Berlin 177
 
Egyptomania
Christiane Ziegler, Jean-Marcel Humbert, Michael Pantazzi 1994 National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa and Réunion des Musées Nationaux, Paris 204
 
Morris & Company: Pre-Raphaelites and the Arts & Crafts Movement in South Australia
Christopher Menz 1994 Art Gallery Board of South Australia, Adelaide p. 82
 
Re-framing the Pre-Raphaelites: Historical and Theoretical Essays
Judith Bronkhurst 1996 Aldershot and Brookfield, Vermont pp. 246, 251, repr. fig. 26-27
 
Decorative Arts Society Journal
Donato Esposito 2003 - p. 86
 
William Holman Hunt: A Catalogue Raisonne
Judith Bronkhurst 2006 Yale University Press, New Haven and London App. C4

Provenance

Hunt designed and commissioned this pair of chairs for his dining room at Draycott Lodge, Fulham, London. By descent in the artist's family to Gladys Holman Hunt (Mrs Michael Joseph).

Associated places

Name Type
Draycott Lodge, Fulham, London Made for

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