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Rolling Armchair

Cooper Hewitt

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Object Details

Attributed to

Springmeyer Brothers, 1863 - 1867
John Henry Belter, American, b. Germany, 1804 – 1863

Catalogue Status

Research in Progress

Description

Armchair with shaped openwork back, curved in plan; serpentine arms join back to scrolled front of seat; cabriole front legs, curved and splayed rear legs, all fitted with castors. Seat upholstered in green and cream colored fabric.

Credit Line

Gift of Mrs. Ivan Chermayeff

Date

1860–67

Accession Number

1971-8-1-b, bb

Restrictions & Rights

CC0

Type

furniture
Decorative Arts

Object Name

chair

Type

chair

Medium

Mahogany, laminated ash, oak and other woods

Dimensions

H x W x D (b): 89 x 58.4 x 55 cm (35 1/16 x 23 x 21 5/8 in.)

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

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4fba5a083-863a-458d-8327-c4d7d464de59

Record ID

chndm_1971-8-1-b__bb

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Blue, open, shell-like chair upholstered in fabric, resting on chrome legs with ottoman.

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