03 — ARTWORK
Armchair
- MEDIUM
- Wood, parchment, brass, white metal, silk, 149 x 75 x 58 cm
- TYPE
- Other
PALETTE
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COMMENTARY
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Armchair c. 1895 Wood, parchmentWriting material made from the skins of sheep or calf, less frequently pig, goat,, and other animals; it has also been used for painting, and occasionally for printing and bookbinding. Pliny says that it ewas invented in the 2nd century BC in Pergamum; hence the name parchment from the Latin pergamena (of Pergamum). Skin had been used as a writng material before this, but the refined methods of cleaning and stretching involved in making parchment enabled booth sides of a leaf to be used, leading eventually to the supplanting of the manuscript roll by the bound book. Vellum is a fine kind of parchment made from delicate skins of young (sometimes stillborn) animals. Paper began to replace parchment from about the 14th century, but parchment is still used for certain kinds of documents, and the name is often applied to high-quality writng paper., brass, white metal, silk, 149 x 75 x 58 cm Private collection
CITE THIS RECORD — BIBTEX
@online{wga-r68c6c743d86be3,
author = {Krén, Emil and Marx, Daniel},
title = {Armchair by BUGATTI, Carlo},
organization = {{Web Gallery of Art}},
date = {2026-09-09},
url = {https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bugatti-carlo-r950d3bb92ed23a/armchair-r68c6c743d86be3},
urldate = {2026-09-09},
langid = {english}
}ACCESSED 2026-09-09. REPLACE THE AUTHOR FIELD WITH THE COMMENTARY AUTHOR WHERE ONE IS NAMED.
