American Period Furniture in Museum Collections
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Chair
Pair of armchairs (part of a set)
Filippo Pelagio Palagi|Gabriele Capello|Carlo Chivasse · ca. 1835
Medium
Mahogany veneered with maplewood and mahogany, covered with modern silk brocade
Dimensions
Each: 43 × 27 9/16 × 24 in. (109.2 × 70 × 61 cm)
Accession
1987.62.2, .3
Credit line
Purchase, Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, by exchange, 1987
Culture
Italian, Piedmont
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