# Armchair [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [UNKNOWN CABINETMAKER, Netherlandish]() - Date: 1551-1600 - Technique: Oak, height 164 cm ## Commentary This hooded chair is a unique example of an item of formal furniture from the estate of a late 16th-century Amsterdam burgomaster. Attached to the back of this armchair is a copper plate with the words 'Willem the First, Prince of Orange, set in this chair in 1578 when he stayed with my great-grandfather, Burgomaster Dirk Jansz de Graeff, who then lived in a house called De Keijser by the water.' ## Related artworks - [Armchair]() - [Dresser]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()