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Armchair
Owen Carter Jones · c. 1867–70
Provenance
Ownership history
- Probably commissioned by Alfred Morrison (English, 1821-1897) for 16 Carlton House Terrace, London, by 1870; thence by descent until at least early 1880s [this according to documented history of Carlton House, see notes in curatorial file]. H. Blairman & Sons, London, 1997; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1997.
Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.
Exhibitions
Exhibition history
- Possibly London International Exhibition of 1874, “Works by the Late Mr. Owen Jones,” cat. nos. 76, 79, 200–01.
Literature
Published references
- H. Blairman & Sons Ltd.: Furniture and Works of Art (London: H. Blairman & Sons Ltd., 1997), no. 14.
- Carol A. Hrvol Flores, <em>Owen Jones: Design, Ornament, Architecture, and Theory in an Age in Transition</em> (New York: Rizzoli, 2006), 176–77, 212, fig. 4.20, pl. 4.9 (ill.).
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