Side 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. Corner posts of back in a double curve terminating at top in an elementary volute form. Flat top rail bowed toward back, slightly arched, with a rectangular panel of inset veneer surrounded by beading. Splat horizontal, composed of small oblong faced with veneer, flanked on either side by horizontal coupled C-scrolls deeply carved with foliage, terminating in volutes. Seat flares from back to front, with straight edges.
place: label: made in
content: New York, 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: 1938-58-1086
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, poplar, horse hair
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 85.3 x 46.5 x 51.8 cm (33 9/16 x 18 5/16 x 20 3/8in.)