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Collections

Arthur Heygate Mackmurdo
Chaircirca 1883

On view:
Geffen Galleries, Responses to Industrialization
Wooden side chair with chestnut-brown frame, caramel leather seat with brass nail-head trim, and open pierced back panel carved with swirling dark botanical forms
Wooden side chair with dark walnut finish, featuring an openwork carved back with flowing organic Art Nouveau motifs, a brown leather upholstered seat with brass nailhead trim, and slender tapered legs.
Wooden side chair with carved and pierced back panel featuring flowing organic motifs, brown leather upholstered seat with brass nail-head trim, and tapered legs with curved rear supports.
Wooden side chair viewed from the rear, with an elaborately pierced and carved back depicting a swan amid flowing aquatic plants, dark leather upholstered seat with brass nail-head trim, and cabriole legs in warm brown wood.
Wooden chair back with carved and pierced panel featuring sinuous Art Nouveau plant forms—curving stems rising to poppy-like seed heads at the top, with interlacing tendrils and fronds coiling at the base, set within a shaped walnut frame.
Wooden chair back with elaborate fretwork pierced carving depicting a swan among tall poppy or thistle stems, in dark walnut-toned wood with a leather upholstered seat visible below.
Designed by
Arthur Heygate Mackmurdo
England, 1851-1942, active London
Designed for
The Century Guild
England, London, 1882-circa 1892
Manufacturer
Collinson & Lock
England, London, 1870-1897
Title
Chair
Place Made
England
Date Made
circa 1883
Medium
Mahogany, leather, and brass
Dimensions
38 1/2 × 19 1/2 × 19 1/2 in.
Credit Line
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art and The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens, purchased jointly with funds provided by Max Palevsky and Jodie Evans, the Decorative Arts and Design Council, the Frances Crandall Dyke Bequest, the Schweppe Art Acquisitions Fund, and MaryLou Boone
Accession Number
M.2009.115
Classification
Furnishings
Collecting Area
Decorative Arts and Design
Selected Bibliography
  • Hess, Catherine, and Melinda McCurry. Blue Boy & Co.: European Art at the Huntington. San Marino: Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, 2015.