Armchair
date: label: Date
content: late 18th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Rectangular open back. Horizontal splat surmounted by an open guilloche over a pierced band composed of pendant garlands within V-form scrolls. The arms are square and curve gently. The stumps curve towards the front legs which are turned, fluted, and banded spirally above leaf sockets. Front rail carved similarly as the top rail of back with horizontally repeated husks. Seat upholstered.
place: label: made in
content: Italy
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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 Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1931-88-66
objectType: label: Type
content: furniture
label: Type
content: Decorative Arts
label: Type
content: Armchair
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: walnut, painted and gilded
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 89 x 57 x 51.5cm (35 1/16 x 22 7/16 x 20 1/4in.)