File:Chair (USA), ca. 1840 (CH 18312463-2).jpg
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English: Chair (USA), ca. 1840
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English: Chair (USA), ca. 1840 |
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English: 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 center. Plain veneered seat rail semicircular about back, straight on sides, slightly bowed on front. Back, with ogive cresting, descends in forward curve to seat rail. Arms, round in section, terminate in volute supported by conventionalized lotus flower springing from volute and lotus leaf resting on front leg. Chair upholstered on both sides of back and on boxed slip seat, with red silk damask edged with brocaded trimming in red and yellow. |
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| Date | circa 1840 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | turned, carved, and joined mahogany (legs and back), mahogany veneer (frame), oak, maple, ash (secondary wood in frame), brass (casters) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | H x W x D: 90.1 x 55.7 x 57.1cm (35 1/2 x 21 15/16 x 22 1/2in.) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Product Design and Decorative Arts |
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1926-22-487 |
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| Credit line | Bequest of Mrs. John Innes Kane | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Inscriptions | Two diagonal cuts on front seat rail | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source/Photographer | Catalog Photo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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This work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 100 years or fewer. This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1929. |
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