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Reading Chair

Form with square tapering seat and tall narrow back upholstered in dark brown nailed leather; back with horizontal U-curved arms at top fitted with hinged, adjustable wooden book rest on back; retractable tin candleholder in left arm, small retractable sectioned tray in right arm; drawer in seat; cabriole front legs with pad feet, turned stretchers, rear feet square in section; small brass caster on each foot.

Date

ca. 1720–30

Type

furniture

Medium

Turned and joined walnut, leather, brass, tin

Department

CHNDM

Institution

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Object number

chndm_1960-164-16-a_c

Credit

Gift of Mrs. Paul Moore