Chair
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1820
name: label: Maker
content: John Hewitt, American, 1777–1857
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Back legs flat-sided, front legs flat excepting rounded front face; legs curve outward toward bottom, and back legs incline toward each other at bottom. The chair's back corner posts terminate in a volute-like form at the top of the chair. The chair's top rail, slightly arched, is bowed towards the back. A rectangular panel of inset veneer is surrounded by beading. The chair's splat is horizontal, composed of a small oblong-shaped rectangle faced with veneer, flanked on either side by horizontal coupled C-scrolls covered with foliage. The C-scrolls terminate in volutes. The seat flares from back to front, with straight edges.
place: label: made in
content: USA
setName: label: See more items in
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
label: See more items in
content: Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Norvin Hewitt Green
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1938-58-1088
objectType: label: Type
content: furniture
label: Type
content: Decorative Arts
label: Type
content: Chair
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: wood (mahogany and poplar), horse hair
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 85.1 x 46.6 x 52.4 cm (33 1/2 x 18 3/8 x 20 5/8in.)