Collection Highlights

Unidentified Osage Warrior Wearing Bird Headdress

Date:

1807

Object Number:

1860.91

Medium:

Charcoal with stumping, Cont

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Object name

Armchair

Date

1780-1820

Medium

Ash

Dimensions

Overall: 33 x 18 1/2 x 18 1/2 in. ( 83.8 x 47 x 47 cm )

Description

Ash comb-back Windsor armchair; five spindles supporting back, and two supporting each arm; raked, octagonal legs.

Credit Line

Purchased from Elie Nadelman

Object Number

1937.1281

Gallery Label

This object was once part of the folk art collection of Elie Nadelman (1882-1946), the avant-garde sculpt