Side chair
date: label: Date
content: 1860–65
name: label: Attributed to
content: John Henry Belter, American, b. Germany, 1804 – 1863
label: Attributed to
content: Springmeyer Brothers, 1863 - 1867
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Shaped back, curved in plan, with ovoid escutcheon surrounded by openwork design of laminated wood in scrolls; cabriole legs, the front pair fitted with castors. Upholstered in comtemporaneous machine-woven fancy compound satin. Pressed, steamed, laminated in layers, then glued together at right angles; with an applied crest.
place: label: made in
content: New York, USA
setName: label: See more items in
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 Mrs. Edwin Gould
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1937-4-3
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: Laminated rosewood and oak
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 94 x 46.5 x 58cm (37 x 18 5/16 x 22 13/16in.)