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The image shows an upholstered armchair with a curved back, decorated with a floral pattern. The upholstery has a beige background with floral designs in red, blue, yellow, and green. The wooden legs and armrests are reddish-brown. The chair is positioned centrally in the image, displaying a three-quarter view of the floral upholstery and wooden features against a plain background.
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The image shows an upholstered armchair with a curved back, decorated with a floral pattern. The upholstery has a beige background with floral designs in red, blue, yellow, and green. The wooden legs and armrests are reddish-brown. The chair is positioned centrally in the image, displaying a three-quarter view of the floral upholstery and wooden features against a plain background.

National Gallery of Art · Index of American Design

Armchair

Florence Choate

Date
1936
Medium
watercolor, colored pencil and graphite on paperboard
Dimensions
overall: 29.8 x 29.6 cm (11 3/4 x 11 5/8 in.) Original IAD Object: none given
Classification
Index of American Design · Drawing
Accession number
1943.8.4174
Credit line
Index of American Design
Time span
1926 to 1950
Department
CG-W
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • American
  • plant
  • Flower
  • Queen Anne
Inscription

lower right verso in graphite: FLORENCE CHOATE / MAY 7th 1936

NGA object ID 16377. 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.