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Chair, acanthus ornament, Biedermeier style, palmettes ornament. Mahogany chair with a padded seat removable cushion and a board backrest. Straight front legs, turned in the form of a baluster; sabre-shaped rear legs. Trapezoidal seat, slightly bulging at the front. Wide side frames embrace the seat cushion. The cushion rests on a pine frame, upholstered in green-striped fabric. The backrest consists of angular, S-shaped side stiles, a lower crossbar, and a rounded central board placed between them, narrowed at the bottom, straight in line with the back. The backrest stiles are widened in the lower section, ending at the top with a forward-curved volute. Polished frame enriched with carving — acanthus leaves on the upper part of the front legs, antemion and symmetrical S-shaped beams at the bottom of the backrest boards, scrollwork at the ends of the backrest crossbars. Date: 1830–1840, Warsaw, Poland. Seating furniture; furniture. Dimensions: height 92 cm, width 51.6 cm, depth 56.5 cm., A wooden chair with a polished brown finish featuring a curved backrest with carved decorative detailing, a padded seat covered in a striped fabric with shades of beige, cream, brown, and olive, turned front legs with carved motifs and a simpler rear leg, all set against a light gray background.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26A11_080

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70.4Mb (1.9Mb) / 13.7in x 20.0in / 4099 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Chair acanthus ornament Biedermeier style palmettes ornament Mahogany chair padded seat removable cushion board backrest Straight front legs turned form baluster sabre-shaped rear legs Trapezoidal seat slightly bulging front Wide side frames embrace seat cushion cushion rests pine frame upholstered green-striped fabric backrest consists angular S-shaped side stiles lower crossbar rounded central board placed them narrowed bottom straight line back backrest stiles widened lower section ending top forward-curved volute Polished frame enriched carving acanthus leaves upper part front legs antemion symmetrical S-shaped beams backrest boards scrollwork ends backrest crossbars Date 1830–1840 Warsaw Poland Seating furniture furniture Dimensions height 92 cm width 51.6 cm depth 56.5 cm wooden chair polished brown finish featuring curved backrest carved decorative detailing padded seat covered striped fabric shades beige cream brown olive turned front legs carved motifs simpler rear leg set light gray background.