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Children's chair of beechwood with rush upholstery
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Beechwood children's chair with rush upholstery. The front legs of the chair, as well as the H-shaped cross, the rear rail, the armrest supports and the free-standing back posts, show houses and divisions, ending in volutes and are pierced for the planks of a footstool. The front rail, as well as the back frame, has openwork acanthus leaves. The armrests end in volutes. As a crown of the back frame an openwork representation of amorini and a bird.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineKinderstoel van beukenhout met riet bespannen. 1675 - 1700. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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