Couch
Dublin Core
Title
Couch
Subject
[no text]
Description
The piece is described as "luxuriously-cushioned," facing the screen that hides the portrait while it is still kept in the library (Wilde 92). Though not tied to any specific schools of design, the couch seems to represent an image of leisure for the aesthete. Dorian uses it as a spot to fling himself down after lighting a cigarette (Wilde 92) and as a vantage point to think about the "mask of his shame" and the altered portrait with "a feeling of almost scientific interest"(Wilde 93).
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The black and white image shows an English settee of an unknown date and maker. The upholstery is red velvet and the wood is gilded.
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The black and white image shows an English settee of an unknown date and maker. The upholstery is red velvet and the wood is gilded.
Creator
Oscar Wilde
Source
The Picture of Dorian Gray
The Victoria and Albert Museum: http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O372005/settee/
The Victoria and Albert Museum: http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O372005/settee/
Publisher
Penguin Books
Victoria and Albert Museum
Victoria and Albert Museum
Date
Wilde's text/1891
Penguin/2000
Penguin/2000
Contributor
Hannah Phillips
Rights
Penguin Books
© Victoria and Albert Museum, London 2017.
© Victoria and Albert Museum, London 2017.
Relation
[no text]
Format
[no text]
Language
English
Type
Text
Identifier
[no text]
Coverage
[no text]
Citation
Oscar Wilde
, “Couch,” Objects and Interiority in Dorian Gray, accessed March 29, 2024, https://doriangrayarchiveeng578.omeka.net/items/show/8.