Italian
Pair of Carved Armchairs, n.d.
On view
Walnut with blue velvet and gold-tasseled fringe
Dimensions49 × 23 × 17 in. (124.5 × 58.4 × 43.2 cm)
Gift of Viola E. Bray, 2005.137.1
Chairs were often arranged against the walls of reception rooms in the Renaissance interior, along with other large pieces of furniture. The arrangement of designs and ornaments usually reflected this placement: fronts of chairs often received the most decoration, while the sides and back were usually left plain.
