Pair of Side Chairs with Seat Cushions
date: label: Date
content: 1805–15
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Two side chairs, adaptation of Klismos form, lacquered black, with gilding. Back uprights form continuous curving line both with seat and front legs and with lyre on each side of center. Medallion containing woman's (Medusa?) head. Each chair with modern boxed seat cushion, grey background, yellow stripes and multi-colored flowers, tied to rear uprights with tassled gray silk cord.
place: label: made in
content: England
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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: 1968-158-10-a,b
objectType: label: Type
content: furniture
label: Type
content: Decorative Arts
label: Object Name
content: chairs
label: Type
content: chairs
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Painted and gilded wood, caning, silk
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (a): 82 x 47 x 54.7 cm (32 5/16 x 18 1/2 x 21 9/16 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (b): 84.5 x 46.6 x 55.4 cm (33 1/4 x 18 3/8 x 21 13/16 in.)