Straight-sided front legs, set square, curving outward toward voluted foot; lotus leaf carved on knee, with volute in side of knee.  Back legs square in section, curving outward from center.  Plain veneered seat rail semicircular about back, straight on sides, slightly bowed on front.  Back, with ogive cresting, descends in forward curve to seat rail.  Arms, round in section, terminate in volute supported by conventionalized lotus flower springing from volute and lotus leaf resting on front leg.  Chair upholstered on both sides of back and on boxed slip seat, with red silk damask edged with brocaded trimming in red and yellow.
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