Satin and Mahogany Embrace You on Your Mae West Sofa

Reclining chairs play a surprisingly major role in paintings, e.g. such as the Velazquez’ Rokeby Venus, Canova’s Pauline Borghese as Venus and also, in the foggy distant past, the Etruscan sarcophagus from Cerveteri. Still, as shown by Dali’s “Mae West’s Lips”, furniture itself may also be a work of art in its own way. As [...]