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Walnut armchair with high back carved with C-scrolls and sunflowers; diagonally placed S-shaped front legs; cross with scalloped side supports
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Upholstered chair of walnut. The rear legs splay backwards and the obliquely placed S-shaped front legs on hoof feet have a widening at the top ending in scrolls and decorated swellings. The cross has shaped side splats; front splat with an acanthus leaf between inward-turning C-scrolls. The high back has a central panel with C-scrolls and a sunflower and a shaped upper rail with a shell motif, both pierced. The lower rail shows scrolls with a shell. The upper part of the stiles is stretched into an S-shape.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineStoel van notenhout met hoge rug met snijwerk van C-voluten en zonnebloem. Overhoeks geplaatste S-vormige voorpoten; kruis met geschulpte zijsporten. 1700 - 1725. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
