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Chair with Wicker Upholstery, S-Shaped Front and Rear Legs with Dolphins. Upper Stile with Openwork Crown Above a Fish, Between Dolphin Heads and Volutes. Front Rail with Coat of Arms Between Volutes
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Walnut chair with woven rush seating, resting on S-shaped front legs with dolphins and rear legs, which also as the H-shaped cross and the backrest show housing and jointing. The free-standing baluster-shaped corner posts carry vases. The top rail shows an openwork crown above a fish, between dolphin heads and volutes. Three posts divide the central field of the back into two sections covered with rush; the posts decorated with volutes. The bottom rail shows a coat of arms between volutes.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineStoel met riet bespannen, S-vormige voor- en achterpoten met dolfijnen. Bovendorpel met opengewerkte kroon boven een vis, tussen dolfijnkoppen en voluten. Voorsport met wapen tussen voluten. 1675 - 1700. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
