Object Details
Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
The chairs' frames are of carved, unpainted fruitwood. The chairs' backs, seats, and armpads are upholstered and eged with brass-headed nails. The chairs' backs are rectangular, wider at the top than at the bottom. The chairs' top rails are carved in leaf designs on a narrow project-center cornices that groove in concave side curves. Pyramided acanthus finial surmounts each side rail. The chair arms terminate in scrolls above curved supports. The chairs' bowed seat rail rests on fluted and tapered legs, terminating in plain tapered feet. The chairs' forelegs are surmounted by cubical blocks.
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Greenfield
Date
1780–90
Accession Number
1968-33-1-a,b
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Type
furniture
Decorative Arts
Chairs
Medium
fruitwood, wool tapestry, brass-headed nails
Dimensions
H x W x D: 84 x 58 x 58.5 cm (33 1/16 x 22 13/16 x 23 1/16 in.)
made in
France
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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_1968-33-1-a_b