Chair

Object/Artifact

-

Historic Charleston Foundation

Name/Title

Chair

Entry/Object ID

FOC.2001.2.R15-R22

Description

Eight Black Crackle, Philadelphia Fanback-Serpentine Chairs, onthese chairs, modeled after a chair made in Philadelphia, the ends of the crest rail terminate in a sprial.

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 Fan-back style originated in Philadelphia just before the Revolutionary War and is a derivation of the comb-back windsor chair. The name fan-back is derived from the fanlike shape of the back or crest rail and it is this bent crest rail that is the only part of the fan-back chair that is bent. The style is char. by the turned stiles or posts on either side of the back spindles, with the number of spindles ranging from ive to eleven.

Created By

admin@catalogit.app

Create Date

April 5, 2005

Updated By

sjacoby

Update Date

June 14, 2005