SAPFM Museum Furniture Collection

Folding bed chair (porter's chair)

Folding bed chair (porter's chair), ca. 1760, Mahogany and oak

Date: ca. 1760
Medium: Mahogany and oak
Dimensions: Overall: 54 1/2 × 36 in. (138.4 × 91.4 cm)
Form: Chair
Culture: probably Dutch
Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Accession: 06.939
Credit line: Gift of T.H. Fitzhenry, 1906

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