Sofa
Medium
Gilded beechwood, gilt bronze, and velvet
Dimensions
99.4 × 191.1 × 69.9 cm (39 1/8 × 78 × 27 1/2 in.)
Classification
seating
Department
Applied Arts of Europe
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
144645
About the Artist
Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin · 1812–1852
Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin (1812–1852) was a British architect, designer, and theorist whose fervent advocacy for Gothic architecture transformed Victorian Britain's built environment and established the intellectual foundations of the Gothic Revival movement. Born in London to the French architect and draughtsman Auguste Charles Pugin, he showed exceptional talent from childhood, producing de...