Artist:John Henry Belter
Medium: Laminated rosewood, modern upholstery
Geograhical Locations:
Dates:ca. 1855
Dimensions: 28 x 15 x 15 in. (71.1 x 38.1 x 38.1 cm)
Collections:
Museum Location: Decorative Art, 19th Century, 4th Floor
Accession Number: 2011.38
Catalogue Description: Diminutive child's chair in laminated rosewood with modern upholstery. Laminated rosewood chair with cabriole curved front legs and slight backward flare and curve to rear legs, all four legs on metal casters, front apron with central carved flower and leaves and on each side rail above leg, a carved double flower and leaf; slight concave chair back comprised of several layers of laminated wood with scrolling pierced design with applid carved upper layer with central leaf surrounded by acorn and floral designs. Now upholstered in modern green floral textile; when purchased covered with later 20th- century floral needlepoint.