Pair of Armchairs
date: label: Date
content: design: 1850; Crest decoration design: 1849
name: label: Attributed to
content: John Henry Belter, American, b. Germany, 1804 – 1863
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: A) Upholstered, laminated rosewood back, topped by carved flowers-and-fruit garland. Back frame formed of inverted U-shaped scroll at top and serpentine section at bottom. Serpentine arms join back frame with scroll. Upholstered spring seat on rosewood frame; serpentine seat front with carved flowers in center and at join of arms and forelegs. Cabriole forelegs with carved acanthus leaf between small scrolls on foot; reverse curve back back legs; casters. B) The same.
place: label: made in
content: New York, New York, USA
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift in memory of Julia M. Halleran by her children
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1966-85-1-a,b
objectType: label: Type
content: furniture
label: Type
content: Decorative Arts
label: Object Name
content: chairs
label: Type
content: chairs
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Laminated rosewood, cotton upholstery, metal
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (a): 109.5 x 79 x 62.8 cm (43 1/8 x 31 1/8 x 24 3/4 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (b): 109.6 x 77 x 62.7 cm (43 1/8 x 30 5/16 x 24 11/16 in.)