One Side and Two Armchairs

Furniture

Historic Charleston Foundation

Name/Title

One Side and Two Armchairs

Entry/Object ID

58.21.1-3

Description

Sabre leg chairs with accentuated scroll backs with panel backs above a turned horizontal splat. Caned seats. Arm chairs (58.21.2-3) have scroll arms on turned baluster supports. Each is entirely lacquered and decorated in gold in a chinoiserie fashion. Back panels with painted landscape scenes.

Collection

Loan

Furniture Details

Furniture Type

Chair

Made/Created

Artist

Unknown

Date made

circa 1810

Time Period

Regency

Place

Location

England

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Location

On bottom back seat rail

Notes

58.21.3: painted in red, "3"

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Chair

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Seating Furniture

Nomenclature Class

Furniture

Nomenclature Category

Category 02: Furnishings

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Other Number

705

Dimensions

Height

34-1/2 in

Width

18 in

Dimension Notes

Width is 18" front and 15" back

Location

Room

201

Building

Nathaniel Russell House

Moved By

Jill Beute Koverman

Date

July 27, 2004

Location

Room

201

Building

Nathaniel Russell House

Moved By

Date

July 27, 2004

Location

Room

102

Building

Nathaniel Russell House

Moved By

Date

July 27, 2004

Location

Building

NRH 203

Moved By

June Hawkins

Date

June 26, 2002

Notes

Until: 07/272004/

Location

Building

NR STORAGE - DOCENT LIBRARY AS OF 2/99

Moved By

Red

Date

May 27, 1999

Notes

Until: / /

Location

Room

203

Building

Nathaniel Russell House

Condition

Overall Condition

Fair

Notes

Serious paint losses to all, UV Exposure, 58.21.1 Missing Back Support 58.21.1 insured for $1000 58.21.2-3 insured, together, for $6000

Overall Condition

Fair

Notes

Overall condition of surface is poor, with signs of heavy wear evident to finish. Paint loss on crest rail, back splat, side stiles, knes and edges of arms. Major paint loss to back of legs, back of splat, back of side stiles, and back of front proper left leg. Seat caning is torn from frame. Proper left arm joint is loose at connection with back and with side seat rail. All orther joints apparent but secure. Parts Missing: None

Conservation

Treatment

Conservator

Joyce Keegan

Relationships

Related Publications

Notes

Similar Example, Jourdain's Regency Furniture, P. 53, Figure 92 and Joy's the Regency Period in Conniseur's Period Guide, Plate 21 Figure A. similar Set in Charlestonians Abroad Catalogue

Provenance

Notes

Originally owned by Charles Cotesworth Pinckney.

Intake

Loan In

L.1958.021.

Lender

Mrs. W. Elliot Hutson

Date Received

Oct 11, 1998

General Notes

Note

Legal Status: Originally loaned by Mrs. William Means (of 51 Meeting Street)

Created By

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Create Date

January 21, 1998

Updated By

sferguson@historiccharleston.org

Update Date

May 24, 2023