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It was orignally made by Filippo Palagi for the 'Camera di Toiletta' of Queen Maria Theresia, at Raconnigi, a palace south of Turin, in about 1834. The chairs for Racconnigi were probably made by the Parisian cabinet-maker Claude Chiavasse who made a similarly inlaid table. It is possible that Chiavasse was working with the Jeansealme firm in 1834 as well and Jeansealme may have been able to secure the design. This might explain why Jeanselme produced the series of armchairs of which this one forms part almost 20 years later.","physicalDescription":"Chair of burr maple inlaid with amaranthus, the seat recently covered with stamped velvet. The legs are turned and inlaid with formalised leaf motifs, diagonal trompe l'eoil fluting and anthemion ornament. The front legs are vertical, the back legs curve outwards. The seat rail, straight at the front, curving round the sides and back in a continuous deep, curved panel, is also inlaid with geometrical and anthemion motifs, Anthemia are carved on the front corners supporting columnar arm rests inlaid with diagonal trompe l'oeil fluting. The horseshoe-shaped back and arm rest is supported round the back by small splats of carved anthemion form. The rest itself is inlaid at back and front with formalised leaf motifs, foliate and anthemion ornament. It curves outward at the top, in section.\r\nThe seat is drop-in; the construction of the seat is of heavy and solid rails tenoned together, without corner blocks or struts.","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Palagi, Filippo Pelagio","id":"A5512"},"association":{"text":"designer","id":"AAT25190"},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[{"name":{"text":"Jeanselme","id":"A5670"},"association":{"text":"maker","id":"AAT251917"},"note":""}],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"burr maple","id":"x37635"},{"text":"amaranthus","id":"x34739"},{"text":"leather","id":"AAT11845"}],"techniques":[{"text":"carving","id":"AAT53149"},{"text":"inlay","id":"AAT53850"},{"text":"turning","id":"AAT53158"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Burr maple, inlaid with amaranthus","categories":[],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"FWK","id":"THES48597"},"images":["2006AP2562"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"003","id":"THES342761"},"free":"","case":"","shelf":"","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"Armchair","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"Paris","id":"x29068"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"ca. 1850","earliest":"1845-01-01","latest":"1854-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Height","value":"70","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"72.5","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Depth","value":"52","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"from dept. catalogue","marksAndInscriptions":[{"content":"'JEANSELME'","inscriber":{"name":{"text":"","id":""},"association":{"text":"","id":""}},"date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"description":"","interpretation":"","language":"","medium":"","method":"stencilling","position":"Below front seat rail","script":"","translation":"","transliteration":"","type":"Maker's identification","note":"Maker's identification; Below front seat rail; stencilling"}],"objectHistory":"","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Armchair with back and arms forming a single, continuous curved, veneered in maple and mahogany on a carcase of mahogany, with marquetry and carved decoration of neo-classical motifs. ","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Ramond, Pierre. La Marqueterie. Paris, Editions Vial, 1981, p. 52\r\nRamond, Pierre.  Marquetry.  1st ed. published in English by Taunton Press, 1989.  Revised edition, Paris, Editions Vial, 2002, p. 52\r\n"},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"<i>Art &amp; Design in Europe and America 1800-1900</i>. Introduction by Simon Jervis (London: The Herbert Press, 1987), pp. 64-5"}],"production":"","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[{"text":"leaves","id":"AAT11892"},{"text":"anthemions","id":"AAT9982"}],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[{"text":"Armchair\r\nAbout 1850–1\r\nPalagi, the leading designer in Turin, was also influential in France and England. He originally designed this Etruscan-style armchair in about 1834 for a palace near Turin. The design was later adapted by the leading Parisian cabinetmaker Jeanselme, which showed similar furniture designed by Palagi at the Great Exhibition in London in 1851.\r\nItaly, Turin; based on a design by Filippo Pelagio Palagi for the Castello di Racconigi; manufactured in Paris by J.P.F. Jeanselme\r\nMaple and mahogany veneer on a carcase of mahogany; modern stamped velvet upholstery\r\n(Gallery 101 text label)","date":{"text":"05/08/2015","earliest":"2015-08-05","latest":"2015-08-05"}},{"text":"ARMCHAIR\r\n\r\nW.28-1969\r\n\r\n'American and European Art and Design 1800-1900' \r\n\r\nPalagi was from 1832 the leading designer in Turin, but he also exercised a considerable influence in France. His silk designs were woven in Lyon and several items of furniture made to his design in Paris were shown at the London 1851 Exhibition, including a chair similar to this one, which is stencilled JEANSELME.","date":{"text":"1987-2006","earliest":"1987-01-01","latest":"2006-12-31"}},{"text":"Chair\r\nBurr maple inlaid with amaranthus\r\nFrench; about 1850\r\nThe chair is stencilled JEANSELME, the mark of one of the most prominent Parisian cabinet-firms of the 19th century. A very similar chair by the same firm was shown in the Great Exhibition of 1851.","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null}},{"text":"19th century neo-classicism is represented by an inlaid chair with the stencilled mark of Jeanselme, one of the most prominent Parisian cabinet-makers (W.28-1969). A very similar chair by the same maker was shown at the Great Exhibition of 1851 and described as being in the Etruscan style. High qulaity inlay is also found on a table of burr maple (W.31-1969), one of a pair. This piece bears a resemblance to tables made for Queen Victoria at Osborne and is attributable to the firm of Holland & Sons.","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null}}],"partNumbers":["W.28-1969"],"accessionNumberNum":"28","accessionNumberPrefix":"W","accessionYear":1969,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":["2019LN7182","2019LU4262","2019LV1824","2019LW5766"],"recordModificationDate":"2025-08-06","recordCreationDate":"2001-06-01","availableToBook":true}}