Side chair

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Catalogue Status: Research in Progress
Description: This chair consists of a slab seat and an elaborately carved back in baroque style. Four tapered legs protrude from the bottom of the seat. The chair's seat is rounded on its outermost edge. A heart shape is carved out of the upper, central area of the seat back.

Credit Line: Gift of Harvey Smith

Date: late 17th–early 18th century

Accession Number: 1968-130-12-a,b

Restrictions & Rights: CC0

Type: furniture; Decorative Arts; Side chair

Medium: fruitwood
Dimensions: 84.5 x 46 x 47.5 cm (33 1/4 x 18 1/8 x 18 11/16 in. )

made in: possibly Switzerland; possibly Germany

See more items in: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection; Product Design and Decorative Arts Department

Data Source: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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SIDE CHAIR

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

https://collection.cooperhewitt.org/view/objects/asitem/id/142524

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Metadata Usage: CC0

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Record ID: chndm_1968-130-12-a_b

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