Revolving Chair

United Society of Believers in Christ’s Second Appearing (“Shakers”) · 1840–70

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Silver
84% of the image
Grey · text contrast 9.7:1

Coffee
9% of the image
Black · text contrast 12.7:1

Ash
2% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.8:1

Smoke
2% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.0:1

Iron
1% of the image
Grey · text contrast 7.9:1

Ink
1% of the image
Black · text contrast 18.3:1

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: United Society of Believers in Christ’s Second Appearing (“Shakers”)
American, active ca. 1750–present
Date: 1840–70
Type: Decorative arts & sculpture
Medium: Maple, white oak, pine, birch
Size: 28 x 16 3/4 x 15 in. (71.1 x 42.5 x 38.1 cm)
Place: American, Shaker
Period: 19th century
Main colour: Grey · lightness 68, colourfulness 1

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Friends of the American Wing Fund, 1966. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's isPublicDomain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-25); image released under CC0. Licence rules

Revolving Chair

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