Name/Title
Reception chair with stylized flowers and inlay, c. 1900Entry/Object ID
2013.3.2Description
Acc. No. 13.3.2
Subject Category: Furniture, doctor’s
Date or Period: circa 1900
Object: Chair, reception, or hall
Description: An Art Nouveau-style reception chair of American manufacture. It appears to be made of birch and mahogany veneer, the front legs terminate in Chippendale-style claw feet, and the stretcher and rungs attached to the legs are lathe turned. The chair back has a splat of Art Nouveau-style inlay of stylized flowers that have been tinted. The chair crest includes a decorative carving surrounded with a handgrip for lifting the chair. The underside of the chair seat has a remnant of a paper label that reads, "Philadelphia.''
Size: H-38” x D-17” x W-16”
History of Object: A reception chair that belonged to Dr. Arthur L.Guerra, a longtime Alameda physician.
Acquired from: George C. Gunn
Date: 01/12/2013
