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Pair of side chairs with seat cushions

1805–15

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States

Two side chairs, adaptation of Klismos form, lacquered black, with gilding. Back uprights form continuous curving line both with seat and front legs and with lyre on each side of center. Medallion containing woman's (Medusa?) head. Each chair with modern boxed seat cushion, grey background, yellow stripes and multi-colored flowers, tied to rear uprights with tassled gray silk cord.

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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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