Side Chair (part of a set)
c. 1885
Medium
Painted maple, with vinyl
Dimensions
101.6 × 43.2 × 48.2 cm (40 × 17 × 19 in.)
Classification
seating
Department
Arts of the Americas
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
64619
Art Historical Context
Step into the elegant world of Gilded Age interiors with this Side Chair, crafted around 1885 by Louis Comfort Tiffany as part of a matching set. Measuring 101.6 × 43.2 × 48.2 cm, this graceful seating piece in painted maple exemplifies the refined proportions favored in late 19th-century American homes, offering both comfort and visual harmony for parlors or dining rooms. Louis Comfort Tiffany, celebrated today for his luminous stained-glass windows and iridescent Favrile glass, began his career as a painter before pioneering innovative furniture and interiors through his firm, Louis C. Tiff...