Armchair with slip seat
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 inclue toward each other at bottom. Back side corner posts terminate at top in an elementary volute form. Flat top rail bowed toward back, slightly arched, with rectangular panel of inset veneer surrounded by beading. Horizontal splat is composed of a small oblong shape faced with veneer, flanked on either side by horizontal coupled C-scrolls deeply carved with foliage, terminating in volutes. Double-curved arms, resting on in-curved supports of one piece with front leg. Seat flares from back to front, with straight edges.
place: label: made in
content: New York, New York, USA
setName: label: See more items in
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 Norvin Hewitt Green
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1938-58-1083
objectType: label: Type
content: furniture
label: Type
content: Decorative Arts
label: Type
content: Armchair with slip seat
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Turned joined mahogany-veneered oak, horse hair upholstery (probably replaced)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 89.1 x 58.3 x 60.8 cm (35 1/16 x 22 15/16 x 23 15/16in.)