Six side chairs
Name/Title
Six side chairsEntry/Object ID
F 77.2 a-fDescription
An assembled set of six yoke-back side chairs called "fiddle-backs" in their time. Each has a yoked crest rail above a solid vasiform splat set into a stay rail. The rear posts have columnar turnings with balls above and balusters below. The"trumpet"-turned front legs have baluster turnings at the tops of the legs. They terminate in offset turned pad feet. The ring-and-ball turned front stretcher has elongated balls at each end. Two side rungs and one rear rung brace the legs. Round tenons at the tops of the legs are doweled into flat blocks which form part of the seat frame. Rush seat. Painted black. Chair "A" has a broader splat that chairs "B" and "C", its nearest look-alikes. Chair "D" has seat corner blocks with rounded outside corners, whereas the blocks in all of the other chairs of this assembled set are pointed. The reel between the baluster turning and the top of the trumpet on the legs is deeper than the other chairs. Chair "E" is noticeably lighter than the others, both visually and physically. Chair "F" has seat corner blocks that are attached to the legs with wooden pins. These two chairs differ from F 77.1 most notably in construction of the seat frame.Category
Furniture