Side Chair with Coat of Arms of Fourth Earl of Scarsdale
date: label: Date
content: 1724–36
name: label: Attributed to
content: Thomas How, British, active 1710 - 33
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Shaped open back with voluted top rail and two horizontal crossing members enclosing a verre églomisé panel bearing the arms of the Earl of Scarsdale (extinct 1735). Cabriole sharply raking rear legs, voluted at knees, and with moulded ankles and Dutch feet. Voluted cabriole front legs with gilded pewter mounts at knees; hoof feet. Gilded pewter mask in center of front seat rail. Slip seat.
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
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Bequest of Mrs. John Innes Kane
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1926-22-58
objectType: label: Type
content: furniture
label: Type
content: Decorative Arts
label: Object Name
content: chair
label: Type
content: chair
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Walnut and beechwood, gilt pewter, gilt and reverse-painted glass (verre églomisé) panel, mortise-and-tenon construction
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 104.1 x 55 x 57 cm (41 in. x 21 5/8 in. x 22 7/16 in.)