Pair of side chairs

Thomas How

Maker

Thomas How

Date

ca. 1724–36

Medium

Walnut and walnut veneer, parcel-gilt, the seat rails of beech; gilded lead mounts on the knees and front rail; verre églomisé panel mounted on the splat; covered in contemporary tent stitch embroidery on canvas needlework not original to the chair

Dimensions

Overall: 41 × 23 × 22 in. (104.1 × 58.4 × 55.9 cm)

Form

Chair

Culture

British

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Accession

64.101.936, .937

Credit line

Gift of Irwin Untermyer, 1964