American Period Furniture in Museum Collections
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Metropolitan Museum of Art
Chair · New York
Armchair
J. H. Belter & Co.|John Henry Belter · New York · 1850–60
Medium
Rosewood, ash
Dimensions
49 1/2 x 26 1/2 x 22 1/2 in. (125.7 x 67.3 x 57.2 cm)
Accession
57.130.3
Credit line
Gift of Mrs. Charles Reginald Leonard, in memory of Edgar Welch Leonard, Robert Jarvis Leonard, and Charles Reginald Leonard, 1957
Culture
American
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