Dutch mahogany metamorphic wing-backed folding bed chair
date: label: Date
content: mid-18th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Double arched top rail, crested with a complex of scrolls. Wood wings rest on slightly curved arms which are supported by curved channeled stumps. Flat seat framing. Cabriole front and rear legs. Chair inlaid on all surfaces with floral designs. Unfolds to form bed.
place: label: made in
content: Netherlands
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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 of Mrs. Abram S. Hewitt
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1931-44-44
objectType: label: Type
content: furniture
label: Type
content: Decorative Arts
label: Object Name
content: Bed chair
label: Type
content: Bed chair
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Mahogany, solid and veneered, inlaid with other woods, textile
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (closed position): 133 x 87 x 92 cm (52 3/8 x 34 1/4 x 36 1/4 in.)