Search engine for discovering works of Art, research articles, and books related to Art and Culture
ShareThis
Javascript must be enabled to continue!

One of a Pair of Side Chairs

View through Harvard Museums
The back with curved uprights supporting a serpentine top rail carved with shells at the cornices and with a pierced entwined ribbon splat; the seat rails carved with flower heads and raised on carved cabriole legs ending in claw and ball feet.
Department of Paintings Sculpture & Decorative Arts Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
image-zoom
Title: One of a Pair of Side Chairs
Description:
The back with curved uprights supporting a serpentine top rail carved with shells at the cornices and with a pierced entwined ribbon splat; the seat rails carved with flower heads and raised on carved cabriole legs ending in claw and ball feet.

Related Results

Winged Scarab
Winged Scarab
This Romano-Egyptian mummy amulet or ornament consists of three pieces: the scarab in the center and each wing. The piece is supported on a modern steel mounting plate pierced by t...
Pair of armchairs
Pair of armchairs
Georges Jacob was the leading menuisier (maker of chairs and other carved furniture) in Paris in the last quarter of the 18th century. These armchairs are executed in a light, refi...

Back to Top