Sheffield armchair
date: label: Date
content: 1875–80
name: label: Designer
content: Stephen Webb, English, active 1870 – 1885
label: Maker
content: Johnston & Appleyard
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: The crest rail is round eared with carved scrolls at center. The seat is characterized by a serpentine front, on thin cabriole legs that terminate in padded slipper feet. The splat is pierced towards the top of the chair, and inlaid with ivory scrolls, fish, ribbons, and torches. An outline of inlaid ivory appears on the seat's frame and arm rests, as well. The chair also has inlaid scrolls and dots on the knees of each front leg.
place: label: made in
content: Sheffield, England
setName: label: See more items in
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
label: See more items in
content: Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1968-11-1
objectType: label: Type
content: furniture
label: Type
content: Decorative Arts
label: Object Name
content: Armchair
label: Type
content: Armchair
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: rosewood, English walnut, ivory inlay, modern silk upholstery
label: Dimensions
content: 86.2 x 55.5 x 58.1 cm (33 15/16 x 21 7/8 x 22 7/8 in. )