CHAIR, EMPIRE REVIVAL STYLE

Object/Artifact

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Homestead Museum

Name/Title

CHAIR, EMPIRE REVIVAL STYLE

Entry/Object ID

79.7.1.4

Description

Chair - Empire revival style, side, wooden, curved crest rail with central floral medallion, curving stiles (2), back splat with swan flanked lyre, flared seat (wider at front), plain side and back rails, central floral medallion on front rail, woven fabric seat upholstery with pink background and blue flowers, modified saber legs front and back, single carved flowers with three incised lines below on face of front legs, stamped inside right rear leg "5", said by family to have been used in Thomas' bedroom in La Casa Nueva with desk '79.51.1a-e'. Thomas Temple was the original owner and user of the chair.

Lexicon

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Furniture, Tables

Search Terms

Three-dimensional, Side chairs

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Side Chairs