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Right-hand chair of walnut and elm wood, upholstered in red velvet with a loose cushion. With a pierced appliqué featuring acanthus volutes and a shield with lambrequins bearing the portrait of Justitia
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Right-hand chair of walnut and elm wood, upholstered in red velvet with a loose cushion. With a pierced appliqué featuring acanthus volutes and a shield with lambrequins bearing the portrait of Justitia

anonymous · 1700 - 1725 · walnut (hardwood); wood (plant material); elm (wood); velvet (fabric weave)

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

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Armchair. Walnut, carved with a figure of Justice, upholstered with velvet. Netherlands, c. 1700–1725. The armchair probably served as the seat of the president of the Court of the provinces Holland, Zeeland and West-Friesland at The Hague.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Subjects
chairfurniturearmstoelseating furniturerechterstoel
Credit lineRechtersstoel van notenhout en iepenhout, bekleed met rood fluweel en met een los kussen. Met gestoken opzetstuk met acanthusvoluten en schild met lambrequins met beeltenis van Justitia. 1700 - 1725. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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