Side Chair
Decorative Arts and Design
CULTURE
American
MAKER
Unknown
RETAILER
Foster & Lee Furniture Dealers
MEDIUM
Rosewood, modern upholstery
DATES
ca. 1858
DIMENSIONS
H: 37 in. (94 cm)
Seat (sloping in): 18 x 17 in. (45.7 x 43.2 cm) (show scale)
MARKINGS
Unmarked
COLLECTIONS
Decorative Arts and Design
ACCESSION NUMBER
59.143.29
CREDIT LINE
Gift of Mrs. Alfred Zoebisch
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
Rosewood chair in the Renaissance Revival style exhibiting Chinese influence in the design of the back splat, with straight back styles and curved crest rail crowned by a pierced circular medallion at top center; pierced symmetrical splat with opposed dolphins at top below crest and foliate motives below; on turned legs; rectangular seat covered in modern yellow damask reupholstered in April 1960 with maroon antique satin.
Condition: repaired in several places.
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is not on view
CAPTION
American. Side Chair, ca. 1858. Rosewood, modern upholstery, H: 37 in. (94 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mrs. Alfred Zoebisch, 59.143.29. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 59.143.29_acetate_bw.jpg)
IMAGE
overall, 59.143.29_acetate_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2010
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