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Chair, acanthus ornament, plant decoration, 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, emphasized 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, seating furniture, furniture; height 118.3 cm, width 50.8 cm, depth 54.5 cm., A wooden chair with a carved backrest and turned vertical supports, finished in a warm brown tone, features ornate scrollwork at the top and a carved floral motif in the center of the back; the seat is upholstered in a dark fabric patterned with floral designs in shades of gold and brown, and the chair rests on curved front legs and straighter back legs, all in the same brown wood.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26A15_092

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

Keywords

Chair acanthus ornament plant decoration 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 emphasized carved acanthus appliqués filling two straight stiles covered astragalus fastened together acanthus leaf arrangements narrow lower stile arched stiles 1850–1860 Poland Warsaw seating furniture furniture height 118.3 cm width 50.8 cm depth 54.5 cm wooden chair carved backrest turned vertical supports finished warm brown tone features ornate scrollwork top carved floral motif center back upholstered dark fabric patterned floral designs shades gold brown chair rests curved front legs straighter back legs brown wood.