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The image features a wooden chair with a woven seat. The chair is in the center, with a color palette of warm brown tones for the wooden frame and lighter beige for the woven seat. The chair has a backrest with three horizontal slats, armrests, and sturdy legs and supports with turned wood details.
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The image features a wooden chair with a woven seat. The chair is in the center, with a color palette of warm brown tones for the wooden frame and lighter beige for the woven seat. The chair has a backrest with three horizontal slats, armrests, and sturdy legs and supports with turned wood details.

National Gallery of Art · Index of American Design

Armchair

Frank Wenger

Date
1937
Medium
watercolor, colored pencil, and graphite on paperboard
Dimensions
overall: 29.2 x 22.5 cm (11 1/2 x 8 7/8 in.) Original IAD Object: 37"hgih, 24"wide, 17"deep. Seat 12"high, 24"wide at front, 18"back
Classification
Index of American Design · Drawing
Accession number
1943.8.4112
Credit line
Index of American Design
Time span
1926 to 1950
Department
CG-W
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Subjects and terms

  • American
Inscription

lower left in graphite: Frank Wenger

NGA object ID 16315. 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.