Armchair (Renaissance Revival style)
ca. 1875
Maker Unknown
Decorative Arts
This chair was probably made in Milan, Italy, where there was a long tradition of elaborately inlaid furniture. Several versions of the chair are known with American family coats-of-arms and iconography, such as busts of Indians, incorporated into the marquetry, suggesting that these chairs were made specifically for the American market.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Furniture
- Formatted Medium
- Ebony, various woods, ivory, mother-of-pearl, modern upholstery
- Medium
- ebony, various, woods, ivory, mother-of-pearl, modern, upholstery
- Dimensions
- 39 x 25 7/8 x 26 3/8 in. (99.1 x 65.7 x 67 cm)
- Inscribed
- no inscriptions
- Departments
- Decorative Arts
- Accession Number
- 71.95
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mr. and Mrs. George N. Richard
- Rights Statement
- Creative Commons-BY
- Museum Location
- This item is not on view
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