SIDECHAIR, ONE OF TWO

Creator(s): Unknown

On view in: Second Floor Library

About this object

The side chairs are made in the Chippendale style. The top is slightly scalloped. It has a central support of curved and intertwined slats with shell and leaf carving. It stands on straight block legs with stretchers. It has upholstered needlepoint seats, each with an Oriental girl surrounded by foliage. .1 shows and Oriental girl with a small tea house in the back right ground. She is surrounded by foliage and trees and holds flowers in her hands.

Object name:

SIDECHAIR, ONE OF TWO

Made from:

Wood -- needlework

Made in:

England

Date made:

18th c.

Size:

95.9 × 53.3 × 43.2 cm (37 3/4 × 21 × 17 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:

33.42.1

Class:

FURNITURE

Signature marks:

Credit line:

Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973