Chair
1802–10
Medium
Mahogany, ebony, beech, and leather upholstery
Dimensions
88.3 × 64.2 × 72.4 cm (34 3/4 × 25 1/4 × 28 1/2 in.)
Classification
chair
Department
Applied Arts of Europe
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
199775
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
When Thomas Hope published his book Household Furniture and Interior Decoration in 1807, his name became forever associated with Neoclassicalism. Hope was a connoisseur and collector from a wealthy banking family of Scottish origin that moved from Amsterdam to London after the French Revolution. As a young man, he traveled extensively throughout Europe, Turkey, Syria, and Egypt, acquiring objects from all of these places, and incorporating elements from them in his design work. Hope’s wish was t...
About the Artist
Thomas Hope · 1769–1831
Thomas Hope (1769–1831) was born in Amsterdam into the illustrious Hope family of Scottish-Dutch merchant bankers, Hope & Co., as the eldest son of Jan Hope and Philippina Barbara van der Hoeven.) Following his father's death in 1784, the family amassed vast wealth from banking and art collecting, with Hope inheriting a passion for antiquities nurtured amid his parents' opulent estates like Groene...