Dining Chair — Theophil Hansen

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Artist: Theophil Hansen
Date: 1865
Medium: Walnut and beech with modern velvet upholstery
Location: Art Institute of Chicago
Dimensions: 89.6 × 44.5 × 62.3 cm (35 1/4 × 17 1/2 × 24 1/2 in.)
Collection: Applied Arts of Europe
Culture: Austria
Credit line: Mr. and Mrs. Henry Buchbinder Fund

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