Examples of the works of art in the Museum and of the decorations of the building, with brief descriptions . ^*3VB^ SKM iiiiiiiiiiiiifajp. CHILDS FOLDING--CHAIR. IN C ARVEU • WALNUT. i-LEMISH. li Al £ A SOU T1600. (N») F,A„SLOCOMBt\ FECIT 1-66 FOLDING-CHAIR. WALNUT-WOOD. No. 8123—1863. A CHAIR of Flemish work, of the early part of the sixteenth would be an useful pattern for modern use as a is a childs chair made in the fashion of the camp chairs nowcommon, the four legs formed of four pieces crossed from side to back likethe letter X, and held in pla
Examples of the works of art in the Museum and of the decorations of the building, with brief descriptions . ^*3VB^ SKM iiiiiiiiiiiiifajp. CHILDS FOLDING--CHAIR. IN C ARVEU • WALNUT. i-LEMISH. li Al £ A SOU T1600. (N») F,A„SLOCOMBt\ FECIT 1-66 FOLDING-CHAIR. WALNUT-WOOD. No. 8123—1863. A CHAIR of Flemish work, of the early part of the sixteenth would be an useful pattern for modern use as a is a childs chair made in the fashion of the camp chairs nowcommon, the four legs formed of four pieces crossed from side to back likethe letter X, and held in place by a piece of stuff or velvet that supplies alsothe seat. The back is merely the prolonged fore-legs, raking backwards ;at the top they are joined and kept firm by a wide piece carved witharabesque foliage in relief. Two other bars are below, the centre onehaving a row of little arches; and the three are united by a series of smallturned balusters in ebonized wood. The back and the bars connecting thelegs are also carved in low relief. The chair stands two feet and one inch high, by nearly fifteen incheswide. Bought for 4
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