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Chair, c. 1772, mahogany, covered in modern red morocco leather, height: 97.2 cm, Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City) A chair is a type of seat, typically designed for one person and consisting of one or more legs, a flat or slightly angled seat and a back-rest.
Mahogany chair. Mahogany has a straight, fine, and even grain, and is relatively free of voids and pockets. Its reddish-brown color darkens over time, and displays a reddish sheen when polished. It has excellent workability, and is very durable. Historically, the tree's girth allowed for wide boards from traditional mahogany species.
In 1785, Jacob produced the first mahogany chairs à l'anglaise, for the comte de Provence. After Delanois' early death in 1792, Jacob's only serious rival in his field was Jean-Baptiste-Claude Sené. He retired in 1796, leaving his workshop in the hands of his sons, one of whom was François-Honoré-Georges Jacob-Desmalter.
The Kittinger Company was commissioned to produce several of its pieces from the White House including fireside chairs, coffee table, pen book table, telephone table, council table and mahogany chairs with cane backs. [13] These pieces are on display in the replica Oval Office in the George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum.
George Hepplewhite (1727? – 21 June 1786) was a cabinetmaker.He is regarded as having been one of the "big three" English furniture makers of the 18th century, along with Thomas Sheraton and Thomas Chippendale.
Secrétaire à abattant by Jean-François Leleu, Paris, ca 1770 (Musée Nissim de Camondo, Paris). French furniture comprises both the most sophisticated furniture made in Paris for king and court, aristocrats and rich upper bourgeoisie, on the one hand, and French provincial furniture made in the provincial cities and towns many of which, like Lyon and Liège, retained cultural identities ...
Card table (1765–75, mahogany, with Randolph label), Winterthur Museum. Easy chair (1765–75, mahogany, attributed to Randolph), Philadelphia Museum of Art. [17] Carving attributed to John Pollard. One of the six "sample chairs" identified by Samuel W. Woodhouse, Jr. in 1927.
A mahogany Campeche chair from the collection of the Louisiana State Museum. The Campeche (or butaca, butaque as it is more commonly known in Spanish) is a reclining, non-folding, sling-seat chair with a distinctive side-placed curule base.