Ontwerpen voor een stoel 1874 - 1945

Carel Adolph Lion Cachet’s 'Ontwerpen voor een stoel', or 'Designs for a chair', is a drawing made with pen on paper. I love the immediacy of sketching - you feel like you are right there next to the artist, looking over their shoulder. There's a sense of play and experimentation here. He explores different angles and structural possibilities, and the lines are quick, confident, and full of energy. Look at the one on the top: it seems to be the most elaborate and ornate, then, another is rather plain, and another angular. I imagine him thinking about how people interact with furniture, how a chair isn't just a functional object, but something that can also be beautiful and expressive. Cachet had such a range of skills: he was a textile designer, graphic artist, and furniture designer. It makes me wonder if all art is connected, and if the impulse to create carries across different media?