Ontwerp voor een stoel 1896

Carel Adolph Lion Cachet created this design for a chair with pencil on paper. The chair, an emblem of repose and authority, bears a lineage stretching back to ancient thrones. Consider how, in religious iconography, elevated seating signifies divine presence or saintly virtue, think of the Throne of Wisdom depicting the Virgin Mary as the seat of Christ. This design, while secular, still evokes a psychological connection to those earlier motifs. Even in its skeletal form, the chair whispers of its primal role as a symbol of power and rest. We see echoes of ancient rulers upon their thrones, the judge presiding over court, all the way to the domestic sphere and our deeply embedded need for shelter and belonging. This object, so simple and functional, carries within it a history of human aspiration, our deep-seated longing for order and the quietude found in a well-crafted haven.