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Folding chair, front view of legs, armrests and stiles inlaid with a diamond pattern alternating stars and checkerboard motifs.
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Folding chair, front view of legs, armrests and stiles inlaid with a diamond pattern alternating stars and checkerboard motifs.

anonymous · 1500 - 1600 · certosina; wood (plant material); elm (wood); mother of pearl; bone (material)

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Folding chair of elm wood with leather back and seat and resting on semi-circular legs, which are connected by semi-circular stiles. The legs stand on connecting blocks. The armrests end in volutes and run up into the back stiles. The front of the legs, the stiles and the top of the armrests are inlaid in a diamond and checkerboard pattern, alternating with diamonds with star fields and concentric circles, executed in the certosina technique in bone, mother-of-pearl and various types of wood.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineVouwstoel, voorzijde poten, armleggers en stijlen ingelegd met ruitmotief waarbinnen afwisselend sterren en dambordmotief.. 1500 - 1600. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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