Armchair

Furniture

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Boscobel House and Gardens

Name/Title

Armchair

Entry/Object ID

F 61.21

Description

Carved mahogany armchair has a rolled-back rectangular crest rail with two bands of paired reeds around a center band of three horizontal reeds. The arms have four reeds set within a squared edge molding and terminate in X shaped rosettes. The single cross back is lapped and made of elements decorated with three reeds. The turned front legs are reeded except for the inside segment. The rear rail is ash with mahogany veneer. Two scooped maple braces run from the front to the rear rail. The seat is upholstered in reproduction red horsehair cloth (formerly T 77.16).

Category

Furniture

Acquisition

Accession

F 61.21

Source or Donor

John Conover

Credit Line

Purchase, 1962

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Duncan Phyfe

Attribution

Possibly

Date made

1805 - 1820

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Inscription

Transcription

"X" is marked on the inside of each cross brace.

Dimensions

Height

33-1/4 in

Width

20-5/8 in

Depth

17-5/16 in

Condition

Notes

The rolled top of each rear stile is repaired. Various other repairs throughout.

Provenance

Notes

"Tradition of ownership in the Dyckman family Purchased from John Conover, Ossining, NY, in 1961 among a large group of objects reportedly from Cruger and Dyckman families. Relationship to Cruger and Dyckman families is unsubstantiated."