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Chairs (2)
Nicolas Henri Jacob1790
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States
Left: Chair with sloped back, pierced horizontal panel, center medallion repeated on seat. Back legs curved, mask motifs at joint. Front legs decorated with five circular elements. Right: Chair with splayed legs, convex back, upper rail upholstered in green with scene of classical figures in white. Green upholstered seat.
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Details
- Title: Chairs (2)
- Creator: Henri Jacob
- Creator Lifespan: 1753/1824
- Date Created: 1790
- Physical Dimensions: w343 x h215 cm
- Type: Drawing
- Rights: Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
- Medium: Brush and watercolor, pen and black ink, graphite on white laid paper, ruled border in pen and black ink.
- Provenance: From the Collection of Léon Decloux
- Markings: Marks: IV
- Dimensions: 21.2 x 34.1 cm (8 3/8 x 13 7/16 in.)Mat: 35.6 x 45.7 cm (14 x 18 in.)
- Bibliography: Furniture Past and Present Louise Ade Boger (New York: Doubleday, 1966), 191
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