Armchair

Furniture

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Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

Armchair

Entry/Object ID

VC.60.51

Description

Chair, arm; yoke-shaped cresting rail, set atop stiles and secured with small nails and one dowel; vase-shaped solid splat, set into cresting and cross-rails; stiles, turned in vase forms, raked sharply backward, and also canted near bottom; arms, flat, curved, and terminating in crude scrolls, one marked with incised "A"' arm atop vase-turned supports, set into seat rails; beneath supports, round-turned spindle set into upper side stretchers; rush seat; corner blocks above front legs; legs turned in form of modified inverted trumpet; round-turned side and rear stretcher; bulbous vase and ring form turnings, front stretcher; front legs terminate in large toed-out pad-on-disk feet. Grained to give the illusion of mahogany.

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Unknown

Attribution

Maker

Notes

Dates: 1800 - 1833 Date made: r. 1800 - 1833

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Inscription

Transcription

See description

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

46-1/2 in

Width

28 in

Depth

26 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 46 1/2 x 28 x 26 in. (118.1 x 71.1 x 66 cm)

Material

Wood (pine, rush, hickory, maple)

Condition

Notes

Remarks: Details of condition noted for Winter Antiques Show: old wear on fronts of front feet; chips on bottom on front reel and baluster turnings of front stetcher; dot-sized loss of finish on arm near junction of front stile; wear on back of crest rail left side. Scott Merritt recommended re-shellacking the rush seat, since it is unwinding and has potential to soak up moisture,but this was not done, nor was the cloudy area on the splat removed.

Notes

Remarks: Details of condition: Large worm hole, right stile; left stile split, repaired with screw.

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Unknown

General Notes

Note Type

StorageNote

Note

Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Van Cortlandt Manor, Kitchen