Side chair

Date

ca. 1820–30

Medium

Solid beech wood (front and side rails), solid pine wood (supporting middle seat rail), solid walnut (legs), walnut and burr walnut veneer. Upholstery materials: drop-in seat frame of plywood, webbing, modern black enameled springs, cotton wadding, jute spring cover cloth, filling, a cover cloth and the show-cover, blued metal tacks. (The seat is a recent fabrication.)

Dimensions

Overall: 37 1/8 x 19 7/8 x 19 3/4 in. (94.3 x 50.5 x 50.2 cm) Other: H. of seat 18 in. (45.7 cm)

Form

Chair

Culture

Austrian

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Accession

2003.448.4

Credit line

Bequest of Margareta Wolf, 2003