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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Armchair (from a Salon Suite model for the Paris World’s Fair)
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.

Armchair (from a Salon Suite model for the Paris World’s Fair)

Manufacturer Edouard Colonna (German, active America and France, 1862 - 1948)
CultureFrench
Dateca. 1900
MediumBrazilian rosewood and velvet
DimensionsOverall: 39 1/2 x 24 1/2 x 16 1/2 in. (100.3 x 62.2 x 41.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number83.575D
Not on view
Label TextEdouard Colonna German, active America and France, 1862–1948 Settee and Armchairs, ca. 1900 Brazilian rosewood and velvet Gifts of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. 83.575a and d–e Exhibition HistoryBing's pavilion-1900 Exposition Universelle, Paris Published ReferencesArt Nouveau Belgium/France" Rice University, page 175, and: "Meubles et Ensembles Style 1900" by Edith Mannoni, Editions Charles Massin, 1968, p. 22.