# Armchair [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [UNKNOWN CABINETMAKER, Dutch]() - Date: 1601-1650 - Technique: Rosewood and ebony, upholstered with velvet and leather, height 132 cm ## Commentary Traditionally a seat has been connected with the status of its user. The master of the house had his chair, and by taking his place in it he proclaimed his ownership of the house. Inventories of 17th-century houses speak of a single 'man's chair', meaning the principal one. The particular chair shown in the picture is among the most stately and costly Dutch 'man's chairs' to have survived from the early 17th century. ## Related artworks - [Cabinet]() - [Cabinet]() - [Cupboard]() - [Cupboard]() - [Cupboard]() - [Layette cupboard]() - [Petronella Oortman's doll's house]() - [Side table]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()