Chair

Object/Artifact

-

Historic Charleston Foundation

Name/Title

Chair

Entry/Object ID

FOC.2001.2.R.9-R12

Description

Four Black Crackle Henzey Bowback Side-Serp Chairs. This bow-back chair is done in the style of Joseph Henzy, a Windsor chair maker who worked in Philadelphia from 1765-1780. Unlike the other examples of bow-backed chiars, the legs of this chair are turned in the baluster style and the spindles are unturned.

Collection

HCF Friends of Courthouse

Acquisition

Accession

FOC.2001.002.

Source or Donor

J.R. Dimes & Company, Ltd.

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

Purchase, Friends of the Courthouse

Made/Created

Date made

2001

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Chair

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Seating Furniture

Nomenclature Class

Furniture

Nomenclature Category

Category 02: Furnishings

Location

Location

Building

Courthouse

Category

Permanent

Date

February 7, 2023

General Notes

Note

Notes: The Bow-Back was developed and produced in Philadelphia during the 1780's. The bow-back was an extremely popular form of seating, which is evident today due to the large number of examples that survive. It was also fairly inexpensive, most likely as a relult of it mass-production. The name of the style derives from the bow, which is tenoned to the back of the seat on both sides of the seat. Inside the bow are a number of spindles that are tenoned to the seat and bow. The earlier legs were char. by baluster-style legs, which were replaced later on with the bamboo turned legs. as a result of Asian influ. Other names for bow-back include: hoop, balloon and loop-backed chairs.

Created By

admin@catalogit.app

Create Date

April 5, 2005

Updated By

sferguson@historiccharleston.org

Update Date

April 5, 2023