Designs for Three Chairs
date: label: Date
content: 1790
name: label: Attributed to
content: Jean Démosthène Dugourc, French, 1749–1825
label: Attributed to
content: Georges Jacob, French, 1739–1814
label: Attributed to
content: Henri Jacob, 1753–1824
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Left: chair with tall scroll back, classical rectangular panel, linear pierced elements; convex seat upholstered in yellow, edged with blue scalloped trim, straight front legs with hoof-like feet, back legs, slightly splayed; center: chair with semi-open back, arms of coiled animal horns adorned with bird-like figure, front legs in form of animal legs, backed legs slightly splayed; right: chair with tall scroll back, classical panel, linear pierced element; seat cushion is yellow, trimmed in blue, front legs in front of animal legs, back legs slightly splayed.
place: label: made in
content: Germany
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1921-6-136
objectType: label: Type
content: furniture
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Brush and watercolor, pen and black ink, graphite on white laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: Sheet: 21.4 x 34.2 cm (8 7/16 x 13 7/16 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Mat: 35.6 x 45.7 cm (14 x 18 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Frame H x W x D: 39.7 x 50.2 x 2.5 cm (15 5/8 in. x 19 3/4 in. x 1 in.)