Armchair

Furniture

Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

Armchair

Entry/Object ID

SS.61.69

Description

Windsor armchair, with "loop back" cresting rail bent to form flattened, downward-tilted splayed arms: terminating in vestigial scrolls; 13 round-turned spindles support cresting rail, dowelled into rail and seat; arm supports, strongly canted forward, bamboo-turned; saddle-shaped solid seat into which are set splayed bamboo-turned legs; H-stretchers bamboo-turned; old black paint; cresting rail, hickory; spindles, supports, stretchers, legs, maple; seat, pine.

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Unknown

Attribution

Maker

Date made

circa 1800

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

33-3/4 in

Width

22-3/8 in

Depth

19 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 33 3/4 x 22 3/8 x 19 in. (85.7 x 56.8 x 48.3 cm)

Material

Maple, hickory, Pine

Condition

Notes

Overall Analysis: 8/1/77 - repaired for broken bow back. Remarks: Details of condition: Paint, which seems original, worn and chipped.

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Irving Family, Unknown

Notes

Former owner

General Notes

Note Type

Curatorial Remarks

Note

Miscellaneous: New England type. "Bamboo" turnings seem to have come into use as early as 1760's, although commoner in early 19th century. Black paint points to date in early 19th century, rather than in the 18th.

Note Type

StorageNote

Note

Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Sunnyside, Pierre Irving's Room