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The image shows a single wooden chair with a green frame and a brown woven seat. The color palette includes green, brown, and a light beige background. The chair is positioned centrally within the frame, viewed slightly from the side, showing both the seat and the backrest with three horizontal slats.
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The image shows a single wooden chair with a green frame and a brown woven seat. The color palette includes green, brown, and a light beige background. The chair is positioned centrally within the frame, viewed slightly from the side, showing both the seat and the backrest with three horizontal slats.

National Gallery of Art · Index of American Design

"Ladder Back" Chair - Called "Jolting Chair"

Magnus S. Fossum

Date
c. 1936
Medium
watercolor, colored pencil, gouache, and graphite on paperboard
Dimensions
overall: 28.4 x 22.8 cm (11 3/16 x 9 in.) Original IAD Object: 36"high; seat 18 x 13 inches.
Classification
Index of American Design · Drawing
Accession number
1943.8.4445
Credit line
Index of American Design
Time span
1926 to 1950
Department
CG-W
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • Kentucky
  • American
Inscription

lower right in graphite: Magnus S. Fossum.;lower left: scale 2 1/3"=1'

NGA object ID 16648. 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.