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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Window Seat
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.

Window Seat

Artist Léon Benouville (French, 1821-1859)
CultureFrench
Dateca. 1900
MediumFruitwood and cane
DimensionsOverall: 33 3/4 x 25 3/4 x 15 1/4 in. (85.7 x 65.4 x 38.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number83.562
Not on view
DescriptionLegs become high arms which are carved with flowers and vines. Seat has been replaced but the rails, with traces of wicker, are still in place.

Label TextLéon Benouville French, 1821–1859 Window Seat, ca. 1900 Fruitwood and cane Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. 83.562
Image captured from the NEH Myers Conservation Survey by Carey Howlett.
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ca. 1825
Image captured from the NEH Myers Conservation Survey by Carey Howlett.
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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
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Image captured from the NEH Myers Conservation Survey by Carey Howlett.
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Image scanned from a transparency and color-corrected by Pat Cagney.
George Hepplewhite
ca. 1790
Photograph by Shannon Ruff, Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II digital slr-2008. Cleaned by Ed Pollard-2014.
J. & J.W. Meeks
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Image scanned from a transparency and color-corrected by Pat Cagney.
James Woodward
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Image captured from the NEH Myers Conservation Survey by Carey Howlett.  Sized and color-correc…
James Woodward
ca. 1799
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
George Hunzinger
1876
Image captured from the NEH Myers Conservation Survey by Carey Howlett.
George Hepplewhite
ca. 1790