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Pair of Side Chairs by Unknown — VisualArtsDB

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Pair of Side Chairs

Pair of Side Chairs

Pair of Side Chairs

1770–1790

Medium: Mahogany, tulipwood, white pine, and upholstery
Dimensions: Each: 93.3 × 57.8 × 45.7 cm (36 3/4 × 22 3/4 × 18 in.)
Genre: Seating
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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seatingamerican artsFurnitureamerican decorative artspinemahogany

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The upholstery on this chair replicates a documented 18th-century English fabric, which was specially handwoven for the Art Institute on 19th-century English looms.

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