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Child's Upholstered Wire Frame Armchair
- Culture: American
- Medium: Walnut, wire frame, original upholstery
- Place Manufactured: USA
- Dates: ca. 1890
- Dimensions: 27 x 21 1/2 x 20 in. (68.6 x 54.6 x 50.8 cm)
- Markings: Unmarked
- Collections: Decorative Arts
- Museum Location:
This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th floor - Accession Number: 87.117
- Credit Line: Gift of David Marshall and Larry Gordon
- Image: Overall, 87.117_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph
- Catalogue Description: Child's chair, walnut, wire frame, original upholstery. Turned walnut legs have casters; chair is overstuffed and elaborately upholstered. Circular seat with roughing at rail, fringe below to ground. Semi-circular back conforms to shape of seat and joins short arms; back and arms are tufted and roughed. Fabric is gold, combination of velvet and damask of diaper pattern. CONDITION: Upholstery much worn; threadbare at arms and back; velvet has lost most of its pile. Upholstery on back of chair back has been replaced with gold cut velvet.
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