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Chair, plant decoration, acanthus ornament, Louis Philippe style, mahogany chair with a padded seat and a high openwork backrest, with carved decoration. Square legs, S-shaped at the front with volute feet, and arched rear legs. Wavy frame with rounded front corners, with a seat in the form of an overlay cushion. The backrest is framed on the sides by straight stiles extending the rear legs, topped with a board with a symmetrical, wavy-cut outline, accentuated by carved acanthus appliqués. The filling has two straight stiles covered with astragalus, topped and fastened together with acanthus leaf arrangements, and a narrow lower stile, arched between the stiles. 1850–1860, Poland, possibly Warsaw. Piece of furniture, seating piece; height 118.2 cm, width 50.8 cm, depth 52.2 cm., A wooden chair with a carved top rail and decorative carved elements on the back, featuring vertical slats and a carved central ornament; the wood shows warm brown and darker brown grain tones. The upholstered seat has a floral patterned fabric in black background with a mix of gold, yellow, and olive green floral designs. The chair has curved front legs and straighter rear legs in the same brown wood. The overall colors visible are brown, dark brown, black, gold, yellow, and olive green, set against a pale neutral background.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26A10_477

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Rights managed

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60.2Mb (1.6Mb) / 12.5in x 18.7in / 3744 x 5616 (300dpi)

Keywords

Chair plant decoration acanthus ornament Louis Philippe style mahogany chair padded seat high openwork backrest carved decoration Square legs S-shaped front volute feet arched rear legs Wavy frame rounded front corners seat form overlay cushion backrest framed sides straight stiles extending rear legs topped board symmetrical wavy-cut outline accentuated carved acanthus appliqués filling two straight stiles covered astragalus fastened together acanthus leaf arrangements narrow lower stile stiles 1850–1860 Poland Warsaw Piece furniture seating piece height 118.2 cm width 50.8 cm depth 52.2 cm wooden chair carved top rail decorative carved elements back featuring vertical slats carved central ornament wood warm brown darker brown grain tones upholstered seat floral patterned fabric black background mix gold yellow olive green floral designs chair curved front legs straighter brown wood colors visible brown dark brown black olive green set pale neutral background.