Collections: Decorative Arts: Side Chair

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Side Chair

• Makers: Ernest F. Hagen Furniture and Antiques; Henry Hagen, 1877-1927
• Medium: Mahogany, metal, modern damask upholstery
• Place Made: New York, New York, USA
• Dates: ca. 1926
• Dimensions: 31 1/4 x 18 x 19 1/2 in. (79.4 x 45.7 x 49.5 cm)
• Markings: On back seat rail: white label gummed and printed in black "From / Ernest F. Hagen, / Furniture and Antiques / 213 East 26th St., / New York / [written in pencil] Nov. 1926"; written in pencil directly on seat rail "Mr. Lever / Nov. 1926"
• Collections: Decorative Arts
• Museum Location: This item is on view in American Identities: A New Look, 5th floor
• Accession Number: 64.80.22
• Credit Line: Bequest of H. Randolph Lever
• Image: Overall, 64.80.22_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph
Ernest F. Hagen Furniture and Antiques. Side Chair, ca. 1926. Mahogany, metal, modern damask upholstery, 31 1/4 x 18 x 19 1/2 in. (79.4 x 45.7 x 49.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, 64.80.22 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 64.80.22_bw.jpg)
• Catalogue Description: Mahogany side chair, Klismos style, lyre back, curved crest rail. Curved back stiles terminating in scroll, sabre legs. Carved lyre with five metal strings. Slip seat upholstered in green damask with lyre motif. Chair branded on front seat rail IIII, seat VI on front support. Condition: Good; two cracks on base of lyre, numerous nicks and finish worn.