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wooden chair with needlepoint upholstery Armchair, 1690–95
Tall back with straight molded enframement sides and bottom, shaped at top. Crest of pierced volutes and scrolls. Slender arms, scrolled and raked at the knuckles, on turned supports. Flat…
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Sketchbook, Sketchbook of fifty-three leaves of pencil drawings, 1884–86
Horizontal rectangle. Sketchbook of fifty-three leaves, bound in black passe partout binding, showing eighteen figur and still life drawings. Executed in Cooper Union Women’s Art School. Inside of cover inscribed:…
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Sketchbook, Sketchbook of twenty-one leaves of pencil drawings, 1885–86
Horizontal rectangle. Sketchbook of twenty-one leaves, bound in tan linen boards, showing pencil drawings, academic studies of still-life, furniture and figures. Executed in Cooper Union Women’s Art School. The fly-leaf…
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Reading chair Armchair, ca. 1720–30
Form with square tapering seat and tall narrow back upholstered in dark brown nailed leather; back with horizontal U-curved arms at top fitted with hinged, adjustable wooden book rest on…
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Armchair (China (for export)), ca. 1815
Armchair, square in plan, constructed entirely of bamboo except for caned seat. Back designed with small rectangular openings, each filled with tiny open motif. Similar worked details beneath armrest and…
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Rosalie Armchair, design: 1850; Crest decoration design: 1849
A) Upholstered, laminated rosewood back, topped by carved flowers-and-fruit garland. Back frame formed of inverted U-shaped scroll at top and serpentine section at bottom. Serpentine arms join back frame with…
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Sheffield armchair Armchair, 1875–80
The crest rail is round eared with carved scrolls at center. The seat is characterized by a serpentine front, on thin cabriole legs that terminate in padded slipper feet. The…
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Armchair (France), ca. 1780
Open-armed, wide chair (a); rectangular back, blue-and-gray painted frame carved with twisted ribbon band and bead-and-reel band; arms terminate in scroll and acanthus leaf; acanthus leaf on knees; stop-fluted legs…
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Armchair (France), ca. 1910
This upholstered armchair has closed arms and a separate seat cushion. The armchair’s contour-edged and gilded frame is arched and has a curved back rail with down-turned “ears.” The chair’s…
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