Chair
Thomas Hope
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
About the Artist
Thomas Hope
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...