Ladder Back Chair

c. 1939

John Cutting

Associated Names
John Cutting

Artist, American, active c. 1935

The image shows a wooden chair with a woven seat. The chair is painted dark green, while the seat is a natural woven tan color. The chair has a backrest with three horizontal slats and four rounded vertical supports. The seat is square-shaped, and the legs are slender with horizontal stretchers for support. The background is plain off-white.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor, colored pencil, and pen and ink on paperboard

  • Credit Line

    Index of American Design

  • Dimensions

    overall: 29 x 24.4 cm (11 7/16 x 9 5/8 in.)
    Original IAD Object: 35 1/2"high; 17 3/4"wide, front; 13 1/2"deep-seat; Seat 15"high.

  • Accession Number

    1943.8.4382

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1970

  • Hornung, Clarence P., Treasury of American Design. New York, 1970: 191, pl. 704.

Inscriptions

lower right in watercolor: JL Cutting

Wikidata ID

Q64582189

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