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Chair with baluster-shaped legs, upholstered in green floral-patterned leather. High openwork and carved back with a frame with molded moldings and local rosette and acanthus decoration with a flower vase in the center surrounded by scrolls
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Chair of walnut, upholstered with green floral-patterned damask. The furniture has round baluster-shaped legs, connected by a swaying X-shaped cross. The high, openwork and carved back has a frame with shaped rails and local rosette and acanthus decoration. Inside the frame the back has a filling of scrolls, symmetrically grouped around a flower vase. In the indentations fan-shaped motifs and between the scrolls acanthus leaves. As a crown of the frame scrolls and acanthus leaves.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineStoel met balustervormige poten, bekleed met gebloemde groene trijp. Hoge opengewerkte en gebeeldhouwde rug met een raam met geschulpte dorpels en plaatselijk rozet- en acanthusversiering met in het m. 1700. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.