http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/110423/side-chair-gallery-label-current ArtsConnectEd.org Art Collector Set: Side chair: Gallery Label - Current http://www.artsconnected.org/images/favicon.png http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/110423/side-chair-gallery-label-current 16 16 http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/110423/side-chair-gallery-label-current Sun, 01 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0400 <table cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td class="detail_label">Title</td> <td><h3>Side chair: Gallery Label - Current</h3></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="detail_label">Author</td> <td><h3>Minneapolis Institute of Arts</h3></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="detail_label">Date</td> <td><h3>2008-01-26</h3></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="detail_label" style="padding-right:7px;">Institution</td> <td>Minneapolis Institute of Arts</td> </tr> </table><br/>Painted furniture has been popular in America since first settlement. Objects like this painted chair were usually referred to as "fancy" at the time because of the fanciful patterns and faux finishes used to decorate them. In this fancy chair, wet yellow and green paint was smoke-grained or exposed to the smoke of a candle, resulting in sooty, almost cloudlike shapes. Decorative painters up and down the east coast admired and copied the technique. The decoration of this <i>tour de force</i> chair is enhanced with stenciled and freehand decoration imitating fruit, anthemia, and brass buttons. http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/110423/side-chair-gallery-label-current Painted furniture has been popular in America since first settlement. Objects like this painted chair were usually referred to as "fancy" at the time because of the fanciful patterns and faux finishes used to decorate them. In this fancy chair, wet yellow and green paint was smoke-grained or exposed to the smoke of a candle, resulting in sooty, almost cloudlike shapes. Decorative painters up and down the east coast admired and copied the technique. The decoration of this tour de force chair is enhanced with stenciled and freehand decoration imitating fruit, anthemia, and brass buttons." type="image/jpeg" />Painted furniture has been popular in America since first settlement. Objects like this painted chair were usually referred to as "fancy" at the time because of the fanciful patterns and faux finishes used to decorate them. In this fancy chair, wet yellow and green paint was smoke-grained or exposed to the smoke of a candle, resulting in sooty, almost cloudlike shapes. Decorative painters up and down the east coast admired and copied the technique. The decoration of this tour de force chair is enhanced with stenciled and freehand decoration imitating fruit, anthemia, and brass buttons." type="image/jpeg" />Copyright Minneapolis Institute of ArtsMinneapolis Institute of Arts