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The image shows an ornate chair with intricate carvings, a high back, and red upholstery. The colors featured are red, black, and brown. There is a matching red fabric swatch in the top left corner and the name "Charles Cullen" signed at the bottom right.
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The image shows an ornate chair with intricate carvings, a high back, and red upholstery. The colors featured are red, black, and brown. There is a matching red fabric swatch in the top left corner and the name "Charles Cullen" signed at the bottom right.

National Gallery of Art · Index of American Design

Armchair

Charles Cullen

Date
c. 1936
Medium
watercolor, colored pencil, graphite, and some heightening on paper
Dimensions
overall: 30.3 x 23 cm (11 15/16 x 9 1/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 43 1/4" high at back, 12 3/4" at front.
Classification
Index of American Design · Drawing
Accession number
1943.8.4322
Credit line
Index of American Design
Time span
1926 to 1950
Department
CG-W
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • New York
  • American
  • Victorian
Inscription

lower right in black ink: Charles Cullen; upper left: (detail of upholstery)

NGA object ID 16525. 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.