Side chair
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1780
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Shield-shaped back. The vase shaped openwork vertical splat consists of five curved vertical slats-- the center one is carved with foliage at the base; the branches into three ostrich feathers. Splats on both sides curving outwards meet those on the outside in two rosettes, from which swags of drapery hang. The front legs are moulded and slightly tapered. Front seat rail is serpentine and side rails are bowed slightly. There is a drop in seat covered in silk solid cut stamped cloth velvet.
place: label: made in
content: England
setName: label: See more items in
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1898-8-11-a,b
objectType: label: Type
content: furniture
label: Type
content: Decorative Arts
label: Type
content: Side chair
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Mahogany
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 97 x 51 x 48 cm (38 3/16 x 20 1/16 x 18 7/8 in.)