Chair (USA), ca. 1820 (CH 18351561)

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Chair (USA), ca. 1820 (CH 18351561)

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Back legs flat sided, front legs flat excepting rounded front face; legs curve outward toward bottom, and back legs incline toward eachother at bottom. Corner posts of back in a double curve terminating at top in on elemenatary volute form. Flat top rail bowed toward back, slightly arched, with a rectangular panel of inset veneer surrounded by beading. Splat horizontal, composed of small oblong faced with veneer, flanked oneither side by horizontal coupled C-scrolls deeply carved with foliage, terminating in volutes. Seat flares from back to front with straight edges.

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1820
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Cooper–Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
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Public Domain

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