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In the early 1840s Vetter had made a number of important pieces of Gothic Revival furniture for Schloss Stolzenfels near Koblenz in western Germany, and these chairs are very similar in style. Stolzenfels was designed by the architect Karl Friedrich Schinkel, who was the most accomplished designer in the Gothic style in Germany at the time. In 1995, however Bernhard Gondorf published images of furniture by Vetter made for Schloss Braunfels, Hesse, Germany and the close similarity of detailing suggests more strongly that this chair and its pair were made for Braunfels. ","physicalDescription":"The chair is raised on hexagonal, facetted legs and the back uprights, arms and arm supports are all of similar section.  The arm supports are back-curving in an S-scroll and the arms are serpentine and down-curving.  The seat is of oak, the outer faces of the side and front rails carved with recessed panels with arched ends.  The back is of ogee arch form, the centre carved and pierced with a circular design of tracery","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Vetter, Johann Wilhelm","id":"A5662"},"association":{"text":"maker","id":"AAT251917"},"note":""},{"name":{"text":"Schinkel, Karl Friedrich","id":"A5663"},"association":{"text":"designer","id":"x36960"},"note":"possibly"}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"oak","id":"AAT12264"}],"techniques":[{"text":"carved","id":"AAT53149"},{"text":"stained","id":"AAT53058"},{"text":"cabinet-making","id":"AAT53607"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Oak, carved and coloured with dark stain","categories":[{"text":"Furniture","id":"THES48948"}],"styles":[{"text":"Gothic Revival","id":"AAT21452"}],"collectionCode":{"text":"FWK","id":"THES48597"},"images":["2017JU5315"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"001","id":"THES342246"},"free":"","case":"","shelf":"","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"Armchair","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"Neuwied","id":"x34735"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"1845-1850","earliest":"1845-01-01","latest":"1850-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":"If this chair and its pair were made for Schloss Braunfels, Hesse, Germany, as suggested in Bernhard Gondorf's article (see references) the date is likely to be 1845 or later as it was at this time that the castle was re-built in the Gothic style. 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The V&amp;A chairs are illustrated as figure 9, p. 392."}],"production":"","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[{"text":"Tracery","id":"AAT3184"}],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[{"text":"ARMCHAIR\r\n\r\nW.2-1986\r\n\r\nAmerican and European Art and Design 1800-1900' \r\n\r\nIn the early 1840s Vetter supplied furniture in the Gothic revival style to Schloss Stolzenfels on the Rhine near Koblenz. Stolzenfels was designed by Karl Friedrich Schinkel and it is possible that he also designed this chair.","date":{"text":"1987-2006","earliest":"1987-01-01","latest":"2006-12-31"}},{"text":"A Pair of Chairs\r\nGerman 1835-45\r\nThese chairs were made in the workshop of hte celebrated cabinet maker Johann Wilhelm Vetter of Neuwied and bear his stamp. In the early 1840s Vetter made a number of important pieces of Gothic Revival Furniture for Schloss Stolzenfels near Koblenz and these chairs are very similar in style. Stolzenfels was designed by the architect Karl Friedrich Schinkel who was the most accomplished designer in the Gothic style in Germany. It is possible that he also designed these two chairs.","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null}},{"text":"Armchair\r\n1835–45\r\n\r\nThis chair bears the stamp of the celebrated German cabinet maker Johann Wilhelm Vetter. In the early 1840s Vetter made a number of important pieces of Gothic Revival furniture for Schloss Stolzenfels near Koblenz. The castle was being remodelled in a fashionable Gothic style by the  architect Karl Friedrich Schinkel, who may also have designed the chair. [57 words]\r\n\r\nGermany, Nieuwied; by Johann Wilhelm Vetter \r\nOak, with dark stain\r\n\r\nMuseum no. W.2-1986","date":{"text":"2011","earliest":"2011-01-01","latest":"2011-12-31"}}],"partNumbers":["W.2-1986"],"accessionNumberNum":"2","accessionNumberPrefix":"W","accessionYear":1986,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":[],"recordModificationDate":"2025-11-03","recordCreationDate":"2001-06-01","availableToBook":true}}