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Chaise

1860–70

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States

Serpentine front, rounded ends, cabriole legs fitted with castors; back of serpentine profile, raised high in circle at one end and crowned with pierced cresting of laminated wood in scrolls and acanthus shoots. Cluster of flowers in relief at center of arched back, and another at center of apron. Upholstered in contemporaneous machine-woven fancy compound satin, tufted on back.

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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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