Object Details
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- Rectangular open back. Horizontal splat surmounted by an open guilloche over a pierced band composed of pendant garlands within V-form scrolls. The arms are square and curve gently. The stumps curve towards the front legs which are turned, fluted, and banded spirally above leaf sockets. Front rail carved similarly as the top rail of back with horizontally repeated husks. Seat upholstered.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt
- late 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1931-88-66
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- furniture
- Decorative Arts
- Armchair
- Medium
- walnut, painted and gilded
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 89 x 57 x 51.5cm (35 1/16 x 22 7/16 x 20 1/4in.)
- made in
- Italy
- See more items in
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
- Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Record ID
- chndm_1931-88-66
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4383624e1-6ff6-493e-b5fe-e78f949b014a
