Miniature Chair

Cleveland Museum of Art

Miniature Chair

House of FabergéLinkedCulture matchlcp-f2cad58269e3

Date
1896–1906
Medium
gold, silver gilt, enamel, rubies, diamonds
Culture
Russia, St. Petersburg
Department
Decorative Art and Design
Institution
Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID
142748

The giving of small precious objects as intimate gifts between family members within the imperial court was spurred by the House of Fabergé's seemingly endless supply of bejeweled utilitarian objects decorated as expensively as possible, such as this stamp holder disguised as an exquisite miniature chair in the Louis XVI taste of the late 1700s. This miniature chair has a clever mechanism that allows the seat cushion to slide forward and upward slightly so that it can be opened to reveal a compartment, probably used to hold stamps on a desk.

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Credit line
The India Early Minshall Collection
Provenance
?-: India Early Minshall [1885–1965], Cleveland, OH, bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art | 1966-: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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