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Art Institute Chicago
Harvard art museum
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A work made of oak and walnut.

Kast, 1650–1700

Artist unknown

A work made of fiberglass, aluminum, and nylon and chlorofiber upholstery.

Coconut Chair, 1955

George Nelson

Vertically oriented painting of a dark, featureless figure with a bulb-shaped head utop an ivory archway, gray wispy object emanating from the figure. Below on arid ground lie two gray bean-like shapes, ghostly figures in the distance.

Untitled (Desert Landscape), 1934

Salvador Dalí

A work made of mahogany, mahogany veneer, poplar, oak, ebony, ivory, ormolu, and brass.

Pianoforte, 1818

James Stewart

A work made of walnut and 18th-century replacement upholstery.

Side Chair, c. 1740

Giles Grendey

A work made of rosewood, rosewood veneer, eastern white pine, poplar, mahogany, marble, and glass.

Etagère, 1850–70

Artist unknown

A work made of corrugated cardboard and plywood.

Sitting Beaver Chair, 1979/82

Frank O. Gehry

A work made of mahogany, ebony, beech, and leather upholstery.

Chair, 1802–10

Thomas Hope

A work made of fruitwood and fruitwood veneers interior with ebonizing and gilding.

Globe-Shaped Work Table, c. 1820

A work made of oak.

Sofa, 1967

Wendell Castle

A work made of polished walnut, mother–of–pearl, and brass with leather seat.

Armchair No. 8, 1898/99

Otto Wagner

A work made of gilded bronze, lapis lazuli, chased and silvered copper, unidentified soft wood.

Console Table, c. 1740

A work made of walnut, walnut veneers, and poplar; modern upholstery.

Armchair, 1820–25

Papers with Japanese text hang from a tree bearing red and gold leaves.

Flowering Cherry and Autumn Maples with Poem Slips, 1654/81

Tosa Mitsuoki

Wooden piano with cabinets inlaid with ivory and mother-of-pearl.

Manxman Piano, 1897

Mackay Hugh Baillie Scott

A work made of oak, pine, mahogany, kingwood, lacquer decoration, gilt bronze, leather, pewter, and iron.

Slant-Front Desk, c. 1745–49

Jacques Dubois

A work made of japanned pine.

Tall-Case Clock, c. 1770

George Stevens

Yoke-Back Armchair

Yoke-Back Armchair, Late Ming or early Qing dynasty, 17th century

A work made of rosewood, ivory, gilt bronze, brass, and pewter.

Work Table, c. 1880

Maison Alphonse Giroux

A work made of sweet chestnut and wool cushion.

X-Frame Armchair, 1840/45

Lewis Nockalls Cottingham