Armchair
Thomas Brooks
ca.1847
Medium
Rosewood, brass, leather, replacement upholstery
Dimensions
63 x 25 x 25 in. (160 x 63.5 x 63.5 cm)
Classification
Armchair
Culture
American
Department
The American Wing
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Lee B. Anderson, 1999
Accession Number
1999.461
About the Artist
Thomas Brooks · 1810–1887
Thomas Brooks (1810–1887) was an American painter whose life and career are not well documented in standard art historical sources such as Wikipedia or major databases. Born in 1810, likely in the United States during the early republic era, Brooks lived through a transformative period in American art, witnessing the rise of the Hudson River School and the shift toward more nationalistic themes in...