Chair

Object/Artifact

-

Historic Charleston Foundation

Name/Title

Chair

Entry/Object ID

97.4.1

Description

Two Neo-Gothic Side Chairs Primary Woods: Mahogany and Mahogany Veneers; Secondary Woods: Undetermined. Having shaped crest over three Gothic arches with trefoil piercing in the spandrels, caned seat on molded seat rail, on sabre legs. Originally located in the Aiken-Rhett House in Charleston, Sc. One Chair, Either One of These Or From the Same Set, Is Pictures in an Interior Photograph of the Aiken-Rhett House, C. 1918.

Collection

Historic Charleston Foundation Collection

Acquisition

Accession

97.4.

Source or Donor

Rhett, Dr. Edmund| --Walters, Marion Rhett

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

Gift of Mrs. Marion Rhett Walters and Dr. Edmund Rhett, Jr.

Made/Created

Date made

1820

Time Period

Neo-Gothic Revival

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Chair

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Seating Furniture

Nomenclature Class

Furniture

Nomenclature Category

Category 02: Furnishings

Other Name

Side Chairs

Dimensions

Height

35 in

Width

18 in

Depth

18-1/2 in

Dimension Notes

Height to back 35, height to seat 16, depth 18-1/2, width 18 inches

Location

Location

Building

AR 102

Moved By

JBK

Date

April 11, 2002

Notes

Until: / /

Location

Building

AR EAST PARLOR

Category

Permanent

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Notes

Right chair crest broken and repaired on two places; left chair seat rail broken and repaired, splat broken and repaired, seat torn at back

General Notes

Note

Notes: [photo]y __[slide] __[transparency] __[other]1918 Photograph of Interior of Parlors Status: OK Location Details1: 1 User10: 172017

Created By

admin@catalogit.app

Create Date

July 29, 1998

Updated By

vperry@historiccharleston.org

Update Date

July 10, 2025