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This is a drawing of a classical chair design. The image features two views of a chair: one is a profile view showing the full side of the chair, and the other is a view cutting through a portion of the chair back to show an interior profile. The chair has a high back and ornately curved arms. The legs of the chair have detailed scrollwork at the feet. Below the chair design, there is a scale annotation of "2’-1”-0.”
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This is a drawing of a classical chair design. The image features two views of a chair: one is a profile view showing the full side of the chair, and the other is a view cutting through a portion of the chair back to show an interior profile. The chair has a high back and ornately curved arms. The legs of the chair have detailed scrollwork at the feet. Below the chair design, there is a scale annotation of "2’-1”-0.”

National Gallery of Art · Index of American Design

Arm Chair

Simon Weiss

Date
c. 1936
Medium
pen and ink on paper
Dimensions
sheet: 25.5 × 19.5 cm (10 1/16 × 7 11/16 in.) Original IAD Object: none given
Classification
Index of American Design · Drawing
Accession number
1943.8.4090
Credit line
Index of American Design
Time span
1926 to 1950
Department
CG-W
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • New York
  • American
  • Georgian
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NGA object ID 16293. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.