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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Europa und der Orient, 800-1900 |
177 |
Martin-Gropius-Bau Museum, Berlin |
1989-05-28 - 1989-08-27 |
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The Craces: Royal Decorators 1768-1899 |
121 |
Brighton Museum and Art Gallery |
1990-09-09 - 1990-12-30 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Pre-Raphaelitism and the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood |
William Holman Hunt |
1905 |
Macmillan, London |
Vol. 2, pp. 134, 136, 203, repr. pl. 137 |
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Nineteenth Century English Furniture |
Elisabeth Aslin |
1962 |
Faber, London |
p. 58, pl. 64 |
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Apollo |
Richard Ormond |
July 1965 |
- |
pp. 55-58 |
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The Inspiration of Egypt:its Influence on British Artists, Travellers and Designers, 1700-1900 |
Patrick Conner |
1983 |
Brighton Borough Council |
p. 208 |
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Antique Collector |
David Beevers |
June 1983 |
- |
p. 84 |
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The Birmingham Post |
Richard Edmonds |
January 1984 |
- |
p. 10 |
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The Birmingham Post |
Richard Edmonds |
April 1985 |
- |
- |
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Europa und der Orient, 800-1900 |
Gereon Sievernich, Henrick Budde |
1989 |
Berliner Festspiele, Berlin |
177 |
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Egyptomania |
Christiane Ziegler, Jean-Marcel Humbert, Michael Pantazzi |
1994 |
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa and Réunion des Musées Nationaux, Paris |
204 |
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Morris & Company: Pre-Raphaelites and the Arts & Crafts Movement in South Australia |
Christopher Menz |
1994 |
Art Gallery Board of South Australia, Adelaide |
p. 82 |
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Re-framing the Pre-Raphaelites: Historical and Theoretical Essays |
Judith Bronkhurst |
1996 |
Aldershot and Brookfield, Vermont |
pp. 246, 251, repr. fig. 26-27 |
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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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