Side Chair

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Object Details

Style of
Michel Angelo Pergolesi, Italian, active ca. 1760–1801
Description
Elaborately carved and painted side chair. Back composed of crossed cornucopia, from which spring almost at right angles griffins and heads, holding between them an umbrella shaped canopy, with foliated stem of trumpet flowers, in false Chinese taste; surface is painted in buff, red, green, and blue. The rounded tapering legs curve inwards in the middle but splay out towards the feet; above the finely tapered feet, are carved acanthus leaves. Top of legs have square capitols carved with acanthus leaves and berries.
Credit Line
Gift of the Countess Costantini
ca. 1785
Accession Number
1924-6-1
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Type
furniture
Decorative Arts
Side Chair
Medium
wood, paint, gilding, textile
Dimensions
H x W x D: 100 x 46.5 x 41.5 cm (39 3/8 x 18 5/16 x 16 5/16 in.)
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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Record ID
chndm_1924-6-1
Metadata Usage (text)
CC0
GUID (Link to Original Record)
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq455d2b26e-e5b7-41f8-9d4e-913353923e20

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