Arm Chair

between 1730 and 1740

Antonio Corradini Italian, 1700-1752

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European: Grand Tour of Italy-Venice, Level 2, South Wing

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Title Arm Chair

Artwork Date between 1730 and 1740

Artist Antonio Corradini

Life Dates 1700-1752

Nationality Please note: Definitions for nationality may vary significantly, depending on chronology and world events. Some definitions include: Belonging to a people having a common origin based on a geography and/or descent and/or tradition and/or culture and/or religion and/or language, or sharing membership in a legally defined nation. Italian

Culture Please note: Cultures may be defined by the language, customs, religious beliefs, social norms, and material traits of a group. Unknown

Medium Carved, gessoed, and gilt walnut; upholstered in modern genoese velvet

Dimensions Overall: 55 3/8 × 33 7/8 × 34 5/8 inches (140.7 × 86 × 87.9 cm)

Classification Furniture

Department European Sculpture and Dec Arts

Credit Founders Society Purchase, with funds from the Joseph M. de Grimme Memorial Fund, the Visiting Committee for European Sculpture and Decorative Arts, Mr. and Mrs. Stanford C. Stoddard, Mrs. Howard J. Stoddard, and the European Sculpture and Decorative Arts General Fund

Accession Number This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection. Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings. For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups. 1991.132

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Provenance

18th century, private collection (Norfolk, England)

(Alexander & Berendt Ltd., London, England)

1991-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Published References

"Acquisitions/1987." The J. Paul Getty Museum Journal 16, no. 78 (1988): pp. 180-181.

Darr, A. and T. Albainy. "Acquisitions of European sculpture and decorative arts at the Detroit Institute of Arts, 1988 - 1999." The Burlington Magazine 142 (June 2000): p. 408, no. XI (color ill.).

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manner of Antonio Corradini, Arm Chair, between 1730 and 1740, carved, gessoed, and gilt walnut; upholstered in modern Genoese velvet. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, with funds from the Joseph M. de Grimme Memorial Fund, the Visiting Committee for European Sculpture and Decorative Arts, et al., 1991.132.