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 eachother at bottom. Corner posts of back in a double curve terminating at top in on elemenatary 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 oneither 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
- 1938-58-1085
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- furniture
- Decorative Arts
- Chair
- Medium
- wood (mahogany), wood (poplar), horse hair
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 85.2 x 46.4 x 52.1 cm (33 9/16 x 18 1/4 x 20 1/2in.)
- 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_1938-58-1085
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4f065bf67-716f-4098-8aba-5dd5b1e2f9e0
