Gothic Style Chair
19th century
Medium
Graphite and watercolor
Dimensions
sheet: 14 3/4 x 10 3/4 in. (37.5 x 27.3 cm)
Classification
Drawings|Ornament & Architecture
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1963
Accession Number
63.616.9
Tags
Art Historical Context
This delicate 19th-century drawing titled *Gothic Style Chair*, the intricate beauty of Gothic Revival furniture design by an anonymous British artist.ed in graphite and watercolor on a modest sheet measuring 14 3/4 x 10 3/4 inches, it exemplifies the precision of preparatory sketches used by architects and designers of the era. The graphite outlines define the chair's ornate tracery, pointed arches, and crocketed details—hallmarks of medieval Gothic ornament—while soft watercolor washes add depth and a sense of carved wood texture. Created amid Britain's Gothic Revival movement, which flouri...