Armchair
Luigi Frullini
1876
Medium
Walnut and cut velvet upholstery
Dimensions
88.9 × 94 × 94.7 cm (35 × 37 × 37 1/4 in.)
Classification
seating
Department
Applied Arts of Europe
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
144675
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
Luigi Frullini was the son of a woodcarver under whom he learned his craft. The talented Frullini was especially skilled at depicting the beauty of nature. He was equally gifted at rendering children, as we can see in his sensitive portrayal of infants on each arm of this chair. Frullini showed his work at many of the international exhibitions that took place in Europe and the United States in the second half of the 19th century. These fairs were crucial in disseminating the latest styles to po...