Design for a Chair

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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Object Details

Workshop of
Jean Démosthène Dugourc, French, 1749–1825
Possibly
Pierre-Antoine Leboux de La Mésangère, French, 1761–1831
Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Side chair, elongated seat upholstered in purple, bordered with leaf motifs on pink and white stripe. Sloped back, suggesting a reclining chair, upholstered to match the seat.
Credit Line
Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
1790
Accession Number
1921-6-138-2
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Type
furniture
Object Name
Drawing
Type
Drawing
Medium
Brush and watercolor, grey wash, pen and black ink on white laid paper
made in
France
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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Record ID
chndm_1921-6-138-2
Usage of Metadata (Object Detail Text)
CC0
GUID (Link to Original Record)
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4c4eb22a4-62c8-4529-9c94-2ab6b7b20891

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