Side Chair, from the Dining Room of the Hôtel Guimard, Paris, France
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Object Details
- Designer
- Hector Guimard, (French, 1867–1942)
- Manufacturer
- Ateliers d'Art et de Fabrication, French, 1897 - 1914
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- Tall slender back pierced at sides of crest rail where handle-like openings are formed, and at sides of back. Four slender legs. The whole with long curvilinear elements which resolve at sides of crest rail and mid-points of posts into finely carved semi-abstract scrolls and foliations; back and seat covered in tan leather upholstery secured at edges with circular and lozenge-shaped brass nails; spring seat.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mme. Hector Guimard
- ca. 1912
- Accession Number
- 1948-114-1
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- furniture
- Decorative Arts
- Object Name
- chair
- Type
- chair
- Medium
- pearwood, leather, brass
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 113.5 x 46 x 48 cm (44 11/16 x 18 1/8 x 18 7/8 in.)
- made in
- France
- See more items in
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
- Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Record ID
- chndm_1948-114-1
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq41f8026bf-711c-4bff-baed-024167a19f25
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