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Armchair
Theo Nieuwenhuis (1866–1951) manufactured by Jan Mensing (1869–1952), E.J. van Wisselingh & Co mahogany, moquette, 1908
This chair was part of the interior design of a private house on the Museumplein in Amsterdam. The occupant and commissioner was the tobacco wholesaler E.R. Harkema; his monogram EHR is carved in the wood of the seat’s front apron. Jan Mensing hand-printed the seat and back cover with a geometrical pattern of foliage and vine motifs.
- Artwork typechair, armstoel
- Object numberBK-1971-32
- Dimensionsheight 94.5 cm x width 66.0 cm x depth 57.5 cm, weight 15 kg, height 50.0 cm x width 50.0 cm x depth 44.0 cm
- Physical characteristicsmahoniehout, wol