Henry Woolley

Design for a Circular Settee

Maker

Henry Woolley (English, ca. 1860), designer

Title

Design for a Circular Settee

Year

ca. 1860

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

pencil, pen and ink

Supports

Dimensions

24.1 x 32.5 cm (9 1/2 x 12 13/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscribed UL:El

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Museum purchase: gift of Westcote H. Chesebrough, Mrs. Murray S. Danforth, Mrs. Davenport West, by exchange, and bequest of Martha B. Lisle, by exchange

Object Number

84.165.9.36

Type

Publications

  • Journal

Manual / Issue 16: Intimacy

RISD Museum’s Manual 16 Embraces Intimacy

Intimacy reveals something deeply human in us. We need each other on a practical level, which means having to trust strangers. It’s analogous to what I understand prayer requires and what writing poems requires: an openness to the unknown, coupled with trust, a belief that we won’t be hurt. It’s at once akin to and the same as devotion.
-Carl Phillips

The RISD Museum’s sixteenth issue of Manual touches on the bonds of intimacy and its many expressions. This issue complements the exhibition Any distance between us, co-curated by Stephen Truax and Dominic Molon, on view at the RISD Museum through March 13, 2022.

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Tombstone

Henry Woolley (English, ca. 1860), designer
Design for a Circular Settee, ca. 1860
pencil; pen and ink
24.1 x 32.5 cm (9 1/2 x 12 13/16 inches)
Museum purchase: gift of Westcote H. Chesebrough, Mrs. Murray S. Danforth, Mrs. Davenport West, by exchange, and bequest of Martha B. Lisle, by exchange 84.165.9.36

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