Chair

Object/Artifact

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Historic Charleston Foundation

Federal Chair: Origformat: digital; Resolution: 200
Federal Chair

Origformat: digital; Resolution: 200

Name/Title

Chair

Entry/Object ID

NA.2001.007.007

Description

Set of four side chairs, Federal, mahogany, each having shield-shaped back, with serpentine crest, above five uprights carved with stylized leafage above a slip seat, serpentine shaped seat rail, on moded and tapered legs with 'H'-shaped stretcher. Probably from Philadelphia. Seats of yellow pine.

Collection

Historic Charleston Foundation Collection

Acquisition

Accession

2001.007.

Source or Donor

Farrow, Mrs. Emily Ravenel

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

Anonymous

Made/Created

Date made

1775 - 1825

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

Old Number

Other Number

NA.2001.7.7a-d

Dimensions

Height

38-3/4 in

Width

19-3/4 in

Location

Location

Room

Reahard Room

Building

MH 202

Category

Permanent

Date

February 7, 2023

Condition

Notes

Good. Probably Philidelphia, seats of yellow pine, one chair has original cross bar, one chair all four original corner blocks.

Created By

admin@catalogit.app

Create Date

July 9, 2002

Updated By

sferguson@historiccharleston.org

Update Date

April 5, 2023