Chair

Object/Artifact

Historic Charleston Foundation

detail of chair

Name/Title

Chair

Entry/Object ID

85.3.1

Description

Side chair Charleston, SC 1760/1775 Mahogany with horsehair cushion Charleston Made Chippendale Style Side Chair c.1770 Mahogany chair with brown horsehair cushion.

Collection

Historic Charleston Foundation Collection

Acquisition

Accession

85.3.

Source or Donor

Childs, Margareta Pringle

Acquisition Method

Purchase

Credit Line

Mrs. St. Julien Childs

Made/Created

Date made

1760 - 1775

Time Period

Chippendale Style

Place

City

Charleston

State/Province

South Carolina

Country

United States of America

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Chair

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Seating Furniture

Nomenclature Class

Furniture

Nomenclature Category

Category 02: Furnishings

Dimensions

Height

36-7/8 in

Width

21-7/8 in

Depth

19 in

Dimension Notes

Height to seat cushion: 17"

Location

Room

104

Building

Nathaniel Russell House

Date

February 7, 2023

Location

Room

104

Building

Nathaniel Russell House

Moved By

Date

July 8, 2004

Location

Room

303

Building

Nathaniel Russell House

Moved By

Jill Beute Koverman

Date

October 3, 2000

Notes

Until: 02/12/2003

Location

Room

101A

Building

Nathaniel Russell House

Moved By

Jonathan H. Poston

Date

July 5, 2000

Notes

Until: 10/03/2000

Location

Room

101A

Building

Nathaniel Russell House

Moved By

Jonathan H. Poston

Date

July 5, 2000

Notes

Until: 10/03/2000

Location

Building

NR BUTLERS PANTRY

Moved By

Red

Date

July 13, 1998

Notes

Until: 07/05/2000

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Relationships

Related Publications

Notes

Rauschenberg, Bradford and John Bivins, "The Furniture of Charleston: Volume I: Colonial Furniture" MESDA, 2003. pg. 387, Fig. Cch-24

Provenance

Notes

Jts Recollects That Ms. Childs Father Purchased the Chair and There Is Not a Known Provenance Within the Family

General Notes

Note

Notes: Fig Cch-24, Side chair, 1760-75, MRF (MESDA Research File) 989779. Construction: Crest to back stile joinery: Unpinned mortise and tenon. Splat to shoe joiner: splat blind tenoned to shoe. Rear seat rail/shoe construction: Rail is the full depth of the leg stiles; the shoe is integral. Seat frame joinery: Unpinned mortise and tenon. Glue blocks: None; seat supports nailed to the rear of side rails, the nails set in gouged pockets. Stretcher joinery: Unpinned mortise and tenon at sides and back; center stretcher joined to side stretchers with half-dovetail joint from below. Black and white photograph in publication, from MESDA research. Not taken by Gavin Ashworth Information from Charleston Furniture. Status: OK User10: Q Account: 172006 Book Value: 3800

Created By

[email protected]

Create Date

July 13, 1998

Updated By

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Update Date

May 1, 2023