Plate 66: Arm Chair, from "A New Book of Chinese Designs"
Medium
Etching and engraving
Dimensions
Plate: 10 1/16 × 7 1/2 in. (25.6 × 19 cm) Sheet: 11 1/2 × 9 3/16 in. (29.2 × 23.3 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(68)
Rights
Public Domain
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...