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Folding chair
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Folding chair

anonymous · c. 1500 - c. 1600 · walnut (hardwood); wood (plant material)

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

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Folding chair of walnut. Each of the two sides consists of eleven slightly curved slats, which are rotatably connected by a wooden pin. Sleeve feet connect these slats to the feet, the armrests, with a turned knob at the front, at the top. The seat consists of twenty movable slats, threaded alternately on a wooden pin between one of the two rows of side slats and connected in the middle by a pin. The front slats are incised. The flat backrest, with incised rosette, is scalloped at the top.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Subjects
chairfurnitureseating furniturefolding chair
Credit lineVouwstoel. c. 1500 - c. 1600. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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