Side chair
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1785
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Shield back side chair with a splat composed of three open blade-forms; cusped on their interiors and separated under the top rail by two blossoms. The forms merge into a fluted spreading panel at their base. Its legs are straight, square, and tapered in the front on square feet. The seat is shaped, hollowed, and upholstered in black-painted canvas (possibly the original upholstery).
place: label: made in
content: England
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 George A. Hearn
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1900-25-7
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: Carved mahogany
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 93 x 52 x 59.5 cm (36 5/8 x 20 1/2 x 23 7/16 in.)