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Side chair (one of a pair)

Designer After a design by Thomas Chippendale British
ca. 1755–60
Not on view
The design is based on one of several "ribband back chairs" in the first edition of Thomas Chippendale's influential patternbook The Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker's Director (1754).

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Object Information
  • Title: Side chair (one of a pair)
  • Designer: After a design by Thomas Chippendale (British, baptised Otley, West Yorkshire 1718–1779 London)
  • Date: ca. 1755–60
  • Culture: British
  • Medium: Mahogany; tent stitch embroidery on canvas
  • Dimensions: Overall (each): 39 1/2 × 23 × 19 1/2 in. (100.3 × 58.4 × 49.5 cm)
  • Classification: Woodwork-Furniture
  • Credit Line: Gift of Irwin Untermyer, 1964
  • Object Number: 64.101.983
  • Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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Pier Glass Frame, in Chippendale Drawings, Vol. I
Thomas Chippendale (British, baptised Otley, West Yorkshire 1718–1779 London)
ca. 1753–62
Pier Glass Frame, in Chippendale Drawings, Vol. I
Thomas Chippendale (British, baptised Otley, West Yorkshire 1718–1779 London)
ca. 1753–62
Pier Glass Frame, in Chippendale Drawings, Vol. I
Thomas Chippendale (British, baptised Otley, West Yorkshire 1718–1779 London)
ca. 1753–62
Chimneypiece, in Chippendale Drawings, Vol. I
Thomas Chippendale (British, baptised Otley, West Yorkshire 1718–1779 London)
ca. 1753–62
Moldings for Library Bookcase, from Chippendale Drawings, Vol. II
Thomas Chippendale (British, baptised Otley, West Yorkshire 1718–1779 London)
1753

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