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Armchair with slip seat

Object Details

Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Back legs flat-sided, front legs flat excepting rounded front face. Legs curve outward toward bottom, and back legs inclue toward each other at bottom. Back side corner posts terminate at top in an elementary volute form. Flat top rail bowed toward back, slightly arched, with rectangular panel of inset veneer surrounded by beading. Horizontal splat is composed of a small oblong shape faced with veneer, flanked on either side by horizontal coupled C-scrolls deeply carved with foliage, terminating in volutes. Double-curved arms, resting on in-curved supports of one piece with front leg. Seat flares from back to front, with straight edges.
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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
Date
ca. 1820
Accession Number
1938-58-1083
Credit Line
Gift of Norvin Hewitt Green
Maker
John Hewitt, American, 1777–1857
made in
New York, New York, USA
Medium
Turned joined mahogany-veneered oak, horse hair upholstery (probably replaced)
Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Type
furniture
Decorative Arts
Armchair with slip seat
Record ID
chndm_1938-58-1083
Metadata Usage
CC0
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4d84fce38-dc6a-46a9-981f-e1f68f3f117e
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