Folding chair
date: label: Date
content: 1863–75
name: label: Manufacturer
content: Edward W. Vaill, American, active 1861–92
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Curved front legs rise to form back supports; curved back legs rise to form front seat rail. Chair folds at crossing of front and back legs. Legs have two turned stretchers, one front, one back. Back of chair has arched crestrail with two turned ball knobs (top metal tack finial missing on one side) and two back slats. Red, tan and cream wool pile upholstery panel stretches from crest rail to front seat rail.
place: label: made in
content: Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
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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 Marilyn Friedman
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2000-74-1
objectType: label: Type
content: furniture
label: Type
content: Decorative Arts
label: Type
content: Folding chair
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Carved, joined and turned wood or mahogany, woven wool upholstery, metal tacks
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (open): 73 x 39 x 50 cm (28 3/4 x 15 3/8 x 19 11/16 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: L x W x D (folded): 89 x 39 x 17 cm (35 1/16 x 15 3/8 x 6 11/16 in.)