Object Details
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- This chair consists of two pieces of hard wood (seat and back) jointed at the back of the seat. The back tapers slightly and is characterized by leaf-like carvings. A small heart is cut out of the upper, central area of the seat back. The chair's seat is a simple slab of wood. The chair has four legs, each flaring outwards and tapering as they meet the floor.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Harvey Smith
- late 17th–early 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1968-130-11
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- furniture
- Decorative Arts
- Side chair
- Medium
- Fruitwood
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 83.5 x 50 x 46.5 cm (32 7/8 x 19 11/16 x 18 5/16 in.)
- made in
- Switzerland or Germany
- See more items in
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
- Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Record ID
- chndm_1968-130-11
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq48880b24e-728c-4ba5-b1c8-cc709c7456f1
