Partial Design for Bay Window with Monogrammed Curtains
1841–1900
Medium
Graphite
Dimensions
sheet: 9 1/16 x 15 5/16 in. (23 x 38.9 cm)
Classification
Drawings|Ornament & Architecture
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1946
Accession Number
46.38.107
Tags
Art Historical Context
In the bustling world of Victorian-era design, *Partial Design for Bay Window withogrammed Curtains* Charles Hindley and Sons the elegance of 19th-century British interiors. Created sometime between 1841 and1900, this graphite on paper (9 1/16 x 15 5/16 inches) served as a preparatory sketch for ornamentation, showcasing a bay window adorned with intricately monogrammed curtains. Hindley and Sons, a firm specializing in furniture and upholstery, exemplified the period's obsession with opulent domestic spaces, where every detail—from window treatments to personalized motifs—reflected status and...
About the Artist
Charles Hindley and Sons · 1841–1917
**Charles Hindley and Sons: Victorian Masters of Furnishing Design** Charles Hindley and Sons was a premier British cabinet-making and upholstery firm based in London, operating primarily from 134 Oxford Street. Established around 1820 by Charles Hugh Hindley, a furniture maker and upholsterer initially on Berners Street, the firm expanded significantly in 1844 by acquiring the rival establishmen...