↗France, late 19th century-early 20th century · c. 1915–26
Water Lilies (Agapanthus)
Claude Monet
ARTWORK STUDY
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Read the artwork notes and catalogue information.Victoria and Albert Museum, W.29-1976 · Catalogue source ↗ · Image policy ↗
England · c. 1807
Chair
- Date
- c. 1807
- Medium
- Furniture design; see museum resource
- Dimensions
- Not listed in the source consulted
- Country / context
- England
- Movement / tradition
- European and American art
- Collection
- Victoria and Albert Museum, W.29-1976
- Attribution / role
- Designed by Thomas Hope
- Pathway
- European and American art ↗
ABOUT THIS WORK
The V&A discusses this chair in the context of Thomas Hope’s Regency design. Furniture brings historical references into a usable object: structure, ornament and the seated body have to be considered together.
Original educational overview · based on the linked museum recordPlace in the artist’s career
The chandelier, settee and chair cluster around the early 1800s and the publication period, so they are not three successive life stages. Compare gilded surfaces, antique motifs and the balance of structure and ornament across functions. The settee’s reproduction upholstery is not evidence of its original fabric colour.
The artist’s practice
Artist-wide context; individual works may differ.
Media and surface
Furniture and lighting designs were realised by specialist makers in wood, gilding and metal.
Marks and structure
Antique-derived motifs and clear structural symmetry connect objects with a designed interior.
Palette and light
Gilded surfaces create reflected brightness; replacement upholstery cannot establish the original textile palette.
A MOMENT TO LOOK
Start with what you can see: shapes, surface, colour and scale. How might the listed materials affect the way this object was made and experienced?
Looking prompt · an invitation to observe, not a historical interpretation.
