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. .2 shows an Oriental girl holding an umbrella over her right shoulder. To her left is a dog and she stands among foliage and trees.
- 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:
- 33.42.2
- Class:
- FURNITURE
- Signature marks:
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973