Turned Armchair

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Dark brown wooden chair, Turned Armchair. Four legs, two thicker at the front and two thinner at the back. Two horizontal bars connect the legs, one near the floor and one near the seat. A woven seat, likely made of wicker or rattan, with a light-brown color. Two armrests, each with a vertical post at the front and back, and four horizontal spindles with tapered, pointed tops in between. Backrest features a horizontal bar across the top with a decorative rounded knob at each end. Seven vertical spindles with tapered, pointed tops extend from the horizontal bar to the top of the chair. The background is light gray.