Object Details
- John Hewitt, American, 1777–1857
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- Back legs flat-sided, front legs flat excepting rounded front face; legs curve outward toward bottom, and back legs incline toward each other at bottom. Corner posts of back in a double curve terminating at top in an elementary volute form. Flat top rail bowed toward back, slightly arched, with a rectangular panel of inset veneer surrounded by beading. Splat horizontal, composed of small oblong faced with veneer, flanked on either side by horizontal coupled C-scrolls deeply carved with foliage, terminating in volutes. Seat flares from back to front, with straight edges.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Norvin Hewitt Green
- ca. 1820
- Accession Number
- 1938-58-1086
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- furniture
- Decorative Arts
- Side chair
- Medium
- Mahogany, poplar, horse hair
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 85.3 x 46.5 x 51.8 cm (33 9/16 x 18 5/16 x 20 3/8in.)
- made in
- New York, USA
- See more items in
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
- Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Record ID
- chndm_1938-58-1086
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq40b02cffd-95d2-40fb-ac15-fc9b66fee1a8
