Chair

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Object Details

Designer

George Jakob Hunzinger, 1835 – 1898

Catalogue Status

Research in Progress

Description

Patented chair with black incised bamboo-look frame, with woven cord seat, vertical slat pierced back, the underseat frame of two demi-lune arches descending to the stretcher.

Credit Line

Museum purchase from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund

Date

ca. 1869

Accession Number

1997-133-1

Restrictions & Rights

CC0

Type

furniture

Decorative Arts

Chair

Medium

Maple, cord, cloth-covered metal

Dimensions

H x W x D: 80.5 x 54 x 50cm (31 11/16 x 21 1/4 x 19 11/16in.)

made in

Brooklyn, New York, USA

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Product Design and Decorative Arts Department

Data Source

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4b6bd9e0c-2144-4542-b32f-265d2d1056f4

Record ID

chndm_1997-133-1

Chair

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