Object Details
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 centre. Plain veneered seat rail semicircular on back straight on sides, slightly bowed in front. Back, with ogive cresting, descends in curve to join seat rail, terminating in slightly scrolled lotus leaf carved above front leg; fiddle-shaped splat in back, with pierced hand-grip hole above. Slip seat upholstered 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
1926-22-491
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Type
furniture
Decorative Arts
Side chair
Medium
Mahogany veneered oak and ash (frame), solid mahogany (legs, arms, and back), brass (coasters)
Dimensions
H x W x D: 82.8 x 46.9 x 50.6cm (32 5/8 x 18 7/16 x 19 15/16in.)
made in
New York, New York, USA
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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Link to Original Record
Record ID
chndm_1926-22-491