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. The chair's back corner posts terminate in a volute-like form at the top of the chair. The chair's top rail, slightly arched, is bowed towards the back. A rectangular panel of inset veneer is surrounded by beading. The chair's splat is horizontal, composed of a small oblong-shaped rectangle faced with veneer, flanked on either side by horizontal coupled C-scrolls covered with foliage. The C-scrolls terminate in volutes. The seat flares from back to front, with straight edges.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Norvin Hewitt Green
- ca. 1820
- Accession Number
- 1938-58-1088
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- furniture
- Decorative Arts
- Chair
- Medium
- wood (mahogany and poplar), horse hair
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 85.1 x 46.6 x 52.4 cm (33 1/2 x 18 3/8 x 20 5/8in.)
- made in
- 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_1938-58-1088
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq44332849c-ef76-427f-b357-1eecd0f10c0c
