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"Military" Chair

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The frame formed of six horizontal and four vertical wood members, with rectangular plywood seat and backrest. The entire chair painted red, with the ends of the horizontal members showing traces of yellow paint under the red.
Busch-Reisinger Museum Dirk Hedde Nijland. according to vendor Nijland Family. by descent; according to vendor Sotheby's Amsterdam. Sale May 17 1989 no. G580 according to vendor Private Collector. according to vendor Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum Hildegard von Gontard Bequest to the American Friends of the Busch-Reisinger Museum Fund
Title: "Military" Chair
Description:
The frame formed of six horizontal and four vertical wood members, with rectangular plywood seat and backrest.
The entire chair painted red, with the ends of the horizontal members showing traces of yellow paint under the red.

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