"Metamorphic Library Chair", from "Repository of Arts, Literature, Fashions " Plate 29 (volume I, July 1811) Rudolph Ackermann (British, 1764-1830). "Metamorphic Library Chair", from "Repository of Arts, Literature, Fashions " Plate 29 (volume I, July 1811), 1811. Printed paper and watercolor, Other: 9 1/4 x 5 1/8 in. ( x 13 cm). Morgan & Sanders’s metamorphic library chair established the basic mechanical design for this form. Their chair was rendered in the then-fashionable Neoclassical, or Regency, style, characterized by a concave back, scrolling arms, and curved, saber-shap
"Metamorphic Library Chair", from "Repository of Arts, Literature, Fashions " Plate 29 (volume I, July 1811) Rudolph Ackermann (British, 1764-1830). "Metamorphic Library Chair", from "Repository of Arts, Literature, Fashions " Plate 29 (volume I, July 1811), 1811. Printed paper and watercolor, Other: 9 1/4 x 5 1/8 in. ( x 13 cm). Morgan & Sanders’s metamorphic library chair established the basic mechanical design for this form. Their chair was rendered in the then-fashionable Neoclassical, or Regency, style, characterized by a concave back, scrolling arms, and curved, saber-shaped legs. The form of Eliaers’s library step-chair derives directly from this English example of forty years earlier. Decorative Arts 1811
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