corner reading chair
date: label: Date
content: late 18th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Four straight cylindrical turned legs on inverted turnip-shaped feet; one leg to front. Eight cylindrical stretchers below the straight seat rails. Back and seat fully upholstered in black leather nailed over hair and burlap. Cresting is an upholstered semicircle. Seat is rhomboid, one acute angle to front. Wrought iron moveable bracket attached to right upright of tub-like back supports scrolled wood reading rack. A provincial style.
place: label: made in
content: France
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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: Gift of Mrs. Paul Moore
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1950-42-1-a/c
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: wood (walnut, fruitwood), upholstery, iron
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 91 x 68 x 72cm (35 13/16 x 26 3/4 x 28 3/8in.)