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The image displays a wooden armchair with carved details and a red upholstered seat. The chair is mainly in shades of brown with deep red upholstery and lighter red highlights. It is positioned slightly to the right, facing left. In the lower left corner, there is a smaller pencil sketch of the chair's backrest design in an upright orientation.
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The image displays a wooden armchair with carved details and a red upholstered seat. The chair is mainly in shades of brown with deep red upholstery and lighter red highlights. It is positioned slightly to the right, facing left. In the lower left corner, there is a smaller pencil sketch of the chair's backrest design in an upright orientation.

National Gallery of Art · Index of American Design

Arm Chair

Edna C. Rex

Date
1935/1942
Medium
watercolor, graphite, and gouache on paper
Dimensions
overall: 28 x 23 cm (11 x 9 1/16 in.)
Classification
Index of American Design · Drawing
Accession number
1943.8.10428
Credit line
Index of American Design
Time span
1926 to 1950
Department
CG-W
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • American
Inscription

lower right in graphite: Edna Rex

NGA object ID 22524. 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.