Folding chair
Object Details
- Manufacturer
- Edward W. Vaill, American, active 1861–92
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- Curved front legs rise to form back supports; curved back legs rise to form front seat rail. Chair folds at crossing of front and back legs. Legs have two turned stretchers, one front, one back. Back of chair has arched crestrail with two turned ball knobs (top metal tack finial missing on one side) and two back slats. Red, tan and cream wool pile upholstery panel stretches from crest rail to front seat rail.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Marilyn Friedman
- 1863–75
- Accession Number
- 2000-74-1
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- furniture
- Decorative Arts
- Folding chair
- Medium
- Carved, joined and turned wood or mahogany, woven wool upholstery, metal tacks
- Dimensions
- H x W x D (open): 73 x 39 x 50 cm (28 3/4 x 15 3/8 x 19 11/16 in.)
- L x W x D (folded): 89 x 39 x 17 cm (35 1/16 x 15 3/8 x 6 11/16 in.)
- made in
- Worcester, Massachusetts, 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_2000-74-1
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq48cbf94c6-bd8b-4925-a271-3549a30f8d60
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