侧椅 - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	侧椅
品名（英）	Side Chair
入馆年号	1994年，1994.189
策展部门	美国之翼（The American Wing）
创作者	Benjamin Henry Latrobe【1764 至 1820】【美国人，出生于英国】
创作年份	公元 1805 - 公元 1808
创作地区	制造于: 美国, 宾夕法尼亚, 费城（Made in: United States, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia）
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尺寸	34 1/2 x 19 3/4 x 19 1/2 英寸 (87.6 x 50.2 x 49.5 厘米)
介绍（中）	在十九世纪初，没有一种形式的古代家具像希腊klismos那样被成功模仿。这把椅子通过对希腊花瓶和浮雕大理石碎片的描绘而闻名，以其简洁、优雅的线条和宽阔、弯曲的后栏杆而著称，上面是一块宽阔、弯曲的石板。1812年，英国家具设计师乔治·史密斯（George Smith）在反思希腊艺术品的完美时写道，"显然，每一次注意力都集中在产生流畅而正确的轮廓;因此，要把各部分按质量排列，使整体显得清晰而明显......正是这种快乐的解脱，这种对小部分的拒绝，使他们的作品如此纯洁和令人愉悦。在最好的情况下，十九世纪的美国klismos椅子力求如此完美。这把漂亮的红黑椅子在座椅导轨上带有希腊钥匙装饰，是现存最早、最好的美国 klismos 椅子之一。美国国会大厦的建筑师本杰明·亨利·拉特罗布（Benjamin Henry Latrobe）于1808年为活跃于中国贸易的费城商人威廉·沃尔恩（William Waln）设计了这把椅子，作为大型客厅套房的一部分。
介绍（英）	In the early nineteenth century, no form of ancient furniture was imitated as successfully as the Greek klismos. Known through its depiction on Greek vases and fragments of relief-carved marbles, the chair is distinguished by its spare, elegant lines and sweeping, curved rear stiles surmounted by a broad, deeply curved tablet. Reflecting on the perfection of Greek works of art in 1812, the British furniture designer George Smith wrote that every attention “was evidently given to produce a flowing and correct outline; and so to arrange the parts in masses, that the whole should appear clear and distinct . . . and it is this happy relief, this rejection of little parts, that gives their works so chaste and pleasing an effect.” At their best, nineteenth century American klismos chairs strive for such perfection. This beautiful red-and-black chair with Greek key decoration on the seat rail is among the earliest and finest surviving American klismos chairs. Benjamin Henry Latrobe, the architect of the United States Capitol, designed the chair in 1808 as part of a large drawing room suite for the Philadelphia merchant William Waln, active in the China trade.