Plate 117: Garden Chairs, from "A New Book of Chinese Designs"
Medium
Etching and engraving
Dimensions
Plate: 7 9/16 × 10 3/16 in. (19.2 × 25.8 cm) Sheet: 9 3/16 × 11 9/16 in. (23.4 × 29.3 cm) Book: 12 in. × 9 13/16 in. × 1 3/16 in. (30.5 × 25 × 3 cm)
Classification
Ornament & Architecture|Books|Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1931
Accession Number
31.88(119)
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
About the Artist
Matthew Darly|George Edwards · 1720–1780
**Matthew Darly (also known as Matthias Darly, c. 1720–1780)** was a versatile British printseller, engraver, caricaturist, and furniture designer active in London throughout the mid-to-late eighteenth century. His early training began with an apprenticeship in 1735 to clockmaker Umfraville Sampson. He later established himself as a prominent figure in the print trade, operating shops known as “T...