Chair, ca. 1825, Made in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, American, Mahogany, ebony inlay, 32 5/16 x 19 1/2 x 21 1/2 in. (82.1 x 49.5 x 54.6 cm), Furniture, In the early nineteenth century, no form of ancient furniture was imitated as successfully as the Greek klismos. Known through its depiction on Greek vases and fragments of relief-carved marbles, the chair is distinguished by its spare, elegant lines and sweeping, curved rear stiles surmounted by a broad, deeply curved tablet
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Chair, ca, 1825, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, American, Mahogany, ebony inlay, 32 5/16 x 19 1/2 21 1/2, 82.1 49.5 54.6 cm, Furniture, early nineteenth century, no form, ancient furniture, imitated, successfully, Greek klismos, depiction, vases, fragments, relief-carved marbles, chair, distinguished, spare, elegant lines, sweeping, curved rear, stiles, surmounted, broad, deeply curved, tablet
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