Spindle-back armchair

American artist · 1640–80

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Palette

Silver
65% of the image
Grey · text contrast 10.9:1

Chestnut
17% of the image
Brown · text contrast 8.2:1

Tan
9% of the image
Brown · text contrast 4.6:1

Mushroom
5% of the image
Grey · text contrast 6.5:1

Mahogany
4% of the image
Brown · text contrast 14.2:1

Copper
2% of the image
Orange · text contrast 4.9:1

Colours measured by this site from the museum image (k-means in CIELAB). Names are the nearest in our own list and describe how the colour looks, not the pigment. Text on each chip uses whichever of black or white contrasts more (WCAG ratio shown). How

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Artist: American artist
Date: 1640–80
Type: Decorative arts & sculpture
Medium: Ash
Size: 44 3/4 x 23 1/2 x 15 3/4 in. (113.7 x 59.7 x 40 cm)
Place: United States
Period: 17th century
Main colour: Grey · lightness 65, colourfulness 9

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair, 1951. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's isPublicDomain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-25); image released under CC0. Licence rules

Spindle-back armchair

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