Overstuffed armchair
date: label: Date made
content: 1870 - 1890
name: label: user
content: Burker, Lucille Leslie
notes: label: Description
content: The back of the chair is a modified balloon shape, attached at base to square seat, from the side of which rises solid rectangular arms that are
label: Description
content: continuations of sides of base. Base trimmed with pendent fringe upholstered parts trimmed with cord.
label: Description
content: Loose pieces of cord and tassel trimming which probably were draped from top corners of black to top rear corners of arms.
label: Description
content: The overstuffed chair became fashionable in the last two decades of the nineteenth century. This type of chair promised relaxation and comfort. Most oriental carpet furniture is in the style that was called "Turkish." The name is derived not from the carpets, although they may be Turkish,
label: Description
content: but from the use of that term for chairs.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Furniture
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mrs. Lucille Leslie Burker
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.67.0006
label: catalog number
content: 67.0006
label: accession number
content: 267851
objectType: label: Object Name
content: chair
label: Other Terms
content: Chair; Arm; Upholstered
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: fabric (back material)
label: Physical Description
content: fabric (seat material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (legs, set of material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 76.6 cm x 78 cm x 62 cm; 30 3/16 in x 30 11/16 in x 24 7/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall, chair: 30 in x 30 3/4 in x 24 5/8 in; 76.2 cm x 78.105 cm x 62.5475 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall, cording, each: 1 7/8 in x 32 1/2 in x 1 7/8 in; 4.7625 cm x 82.55 cm x 4.7625 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall, tassle trimming, bagged: 1 1/8 in x 8 in x 5 3/8 in; 2.8575 cm x 20.32 cm x 13.6525 cm