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Chair
French
Art Nouveau
1900
Object Place: Europe, France
Medium/Technique
Walnut, tooled leather upholstery
Dimensions
92.7 x 46.4 x 57.2 cm (36 1/2 x 18 1/4 x 22 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
John H. and Ernestine A. Payne Fund
Accession Number1989.144
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsFurniture – Seating and beds
DescriptionWalnut with leather upholstery. Slightly curved splayed legs with shaped side stretchers which curve upwards to form back stiles. Back is rounded at corners and has shaped splat formed by two horizontal rails joined by two inwardly curving rails covered
ProvenanceCommissioned by Siegfried Bing, for the dining room of his "Art Nouveau Bing" pavillion at the Exposition Universelle in Paris, 1900; [Barry Friedman Ltd.], New York. 1989, sold to the MFA.