Object Details
- Burker, Lucille Leslie
- Description
- The back of the chair is a modified balloon shape, attached at base to square seat, from the side of which rises solid rectangular arms that are
- continuations of sides of base. Base trimmed with pendent fringe upholstered parts trimmed with cord.
- Loose pieces of cord and tassel trimming which probably were draped from top corners of black to top rear corners of arms.
- The overstuffed chair became fashionable in the last two decades of the nineteenth century. This type of chair promised relaxation and comfort. Most oriental carpet furniture is in the style that was called "Turkish." The name is derived not from the carpets, although they may be Turkish,
- but from the use of that term for chairs.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mrs. Lucille Leslie Burker
- 1870 - 1890
- ID Number
- DL.67.0006
- catalog number
- 67.0006
- accession number
- 267851
- Object Name
- chair
- Other Terms
- Chair; Arm; Upholstered
- Physical Description
- fabric (back material)
- fabric (seat material)
- wood (legs, set of material)
- Measurements
- overall: 76.6 cm x 78 cm x 62 cm; 30 3/16 in x 30 11/16 in x 24 7/16 in
- overall, chair: 30 in x 30 3/4 in x 24 5/8 in; 76.2 cm x 78.105 cm x 62.5475 cm
- overall, cording, each: 1 7/8 in x 32 1/2 in x 1 7/8 in; 4.7625 cm x 82.55 cm x 4.7625 cm
- overall, tassle trimming, bagged: 1 1/8 in x 8 in x 5 3/8 in; 2.8575 cm x 20.32 cm x 13.6525 cm
- See more items in
- Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
- Domestic Furnishings
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Furniture
- Record ID
- nmah_312998
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b3-18dc-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
