Cushion (Chair)

2003-72-305

From: Senegal

Curatorial Section: African

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Object Number 2003-72-305
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Senegal
Section African
Materials Leather
Technique Sewn | Embroidered | Incised
Description

Leather bolster. Long narrow leather bolster consisting of two pieces of leather sewn together in the middle and along the back; part of one end is left open for stuffing. Decorated with geometric designs, embroidered with leather and incised designs.

Height 5 cm
Length 172.7 cm
Width 27.9 cm
Credit Line Gift of the Philadelphia Commercial Museum (also known as the Philadelphia Civic Center Museum), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2003
Other Number 1900.1.269 - Other Number

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