Armchair

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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Object Details

Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Chair has crozier posts and a narrow top rail. Lower back rail is pierced with full and half lozenges. A caned oval panel and two vertical splints included. Simple curved arms are supported on stumps which curve out to meet extensions of curved, tapered, octagonal front legs. Rear legs raked sharply backwards. Caned seat. On black ground, gilded design of panels and lines.
Credit Line
Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt
ca. 1800
Accession Number
1931-86-2
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Type
furniture
Decorative Arts
Armchair
Medium
painted and gilded beech wood
made in
England
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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Record ID
chndm_1931-86-2
Usage of Metadata (Object Detail Text)
CC0
GUID (Link to Original Record)
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4a09b7c3f-bafd-4869-9fc8-dd81a9652656

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