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Object Details

Catalogue Status

Research in Progress

Description

Rounded reeded seat rail; rounded and reeded tapering legs. Top rail carved with "thunderbolt design" representing streaks of lightning, tied with bow. Below top rail, two diagonal, crossing bars, reeded. Arm reeded on top surface; supported on urn-shaped baluster.

Credit Line

Bequest of Mrs. John Innes Kane

Date

ca. 1812

Accession Number

1927-20-4

Restrictions & Rights

CC0

Type

furniture

Decorative Arts

Chair

Medium

Mahogany, caning

Dimensions

H x W x D: 80.5 x 54.3 x 54 cm (31 11/16 x 21 3/8 x 21 1/4 in.)

made in

New York, USA

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Data Source

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq404a688f0-8456-4f65-917f-cda47b503b28

Record ID

chndm_1927-20-4

Chair

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