Side chair, Mahogany veneered oak and ash (frame), solid mahogany (legs, arms, and back), brass (coasters), Straight-sided front legs, set square, curving outward toward voluted foot; lotus leaf carved on knee, with volute in side of knee. Back legs square in section, curving outward from centre. Plain veneered seat rail semicircular on back straight on sides, slightly bowed in front. Back, with ogive cresting, descends in curve to join seat rail, terminating in slightly scrolled lotus leaf carved above front leg; fiddle-shaped splat in back, with pierced hand-grip hole above. Slip seat upholstered with red silk damask, edged with brocaded trimming in red and yellow., New York, New York, USA, ca. 1840, furniture, Decorative Arts, Side chair