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Needlepoint Chair Upholstery

Collection Type

  • Textiles

GUSN

GUSN-248599

Description

Upholstery for a French-style open armchair; set of four ovals for arm pads; saddle-shaped seat (.1) still on burlap square i=on which it was worked; partially done chair back (.2) still on rack; beige background with blue leafy vine forming a guilloche between thin blue stripes.

Details

Descriptive Terms

upholstery
Cover, Chair Seat

Maker

Unknown

Credit Line

Bequest of Dorothy F.S.M. Codman

Accession Number

1969.3569.1-2

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