Reading Chair
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1720–30
notes: label: Description
content: Form with square tapering seat and tall narrow back upholstered in dark brown nailed leather; back with horizontal U-curved arms at top fitted with hinged, adjustable wooden book rest on back; retractable tin candleholder in left arm, small retractable sectioned tray in right arm; drawer in seat; cabriole front legs with pad feet, turned stretchers, rear feet square in section; small brass caster on each foot.
label: Description
content: A) chair
label: Description
content: B) drawer
label: Description
content: C) bookrest support
place: label: made in
content: England
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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. Paul Moore
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1960-164-16-a/c
objectType: label: Type
content: furniture
label: Type
content: Decorative Arts
label: Object Name
content: chair
label: Type
content: chair
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Turned and joined walnut, leather, brass, tin
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (Book rest and parts not extended): 92.2 x 77.5 x 72 cm (36 5/16 x 30 1/2 x 28 3/8 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Open (chair with book rest, candlestick and tray in arm extended): 106 x 95 x 96 cm (41 3/4 x 37 3/8 x 37 13/16 in.)