Design for Spanish Chair
1835–1900
Medium
Pen and ink, watercolor
Classification
Drawings|Ornament & Architecture
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Jessie F. Hume, 1930
Accession Number
30.16.21
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the world of 19th design with Robert William Hume's *Design for Spanish Chair*, a delicate pen-and-ink drawing enhanced with watercolor. Created sometime between 1835 and1900, this preparatory captures the intricate details of a chair inspired by Spanish ornamental traditions, blending functionality with elaborate decoration. Housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Drawings and Prints department, it exemplifies the era's fascination with historical revival styles, where architects and designers looked to Renaissance and Baroque Europe for inspiration. Hume's technique showcases t...
About the Artist
Robert William Hume · 1816–1904
Robert William Hume (1816–1904) was a British artist and craftsman who contributed to the documentation of decorative arts and design in nineteenth-century Britain. Working during the Victorian era, Hume was part of a generation of artists and designers who combined artistic skill with antiquarian interests, producing detailed studies and records of historical objects, ornamental patterns, and arc...