Object Details
Attributed to
Duncan Phyfe, American, 1768–1854
Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Straight-sided front legs, set square, curving outward toward voluted foot; lotus leaf carved on knee, with volute in side of knee. Back legs square in section, curving outward from center. Plain veneered seat rail semicircular about back, straight on sides, slightly bowed on front. Back, with ogive cresting, descends in forward curve to seat rail. Arms, round in section, terminate in volute supported by conventionalized lotus flower springing from volute and lotus leaf resting on front leg. Chair upholstered on both sides of back and on boxed slip seat, with red silk damask edged with brocaded trimming in red and yellow.
Credit Line
Bequest of Mrs. John Innes Kane
Date
ca. 1840
Accession Number
1926-22-487
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Type
furniture
Decorative Arts
Chair
Medium
Turned, carved, and joined mahogany (legs and back), mahogany veneer (frame), oak, maple, ash (secondary wood in frame), brass (casters)
Dimensions
H x W x D: 90.1 x 55.7 x 57.1cm (35 1/2 x 21 15/16 x 22 1/2in.)
made in
New York, New York, USA
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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Link to Original Record
Record ID
chndm_1926-22-487