Design for Two Chairs
date: label: Date
content: 1790
name: label: Designer
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, armchair in curule style characterized by x-shaped front legs, terminating in goat hoofs. Armrests in form of coiled snakes, backrest sloped. Upholstered in blue and white, classical motifs. Right, side chair, circular back supported by busts of Harpies, with center palmette. Legs in form of goat legs, goat head at knee of chair. Upholstered in blue and white, medallion on back of chair showing classical winged figures.
place: label: made in
content: France
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: 1921-6-133-1
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: 21 x 34 cm (8 1/4 x 13 3/8 in.)