Armchair

Name/Title

Armchair

Entry/Object ID

PM.65.817

Description

Banister back arm chair with urn-shaped finials atop blocked and vase-turned stiles: rectangular beneath seat, and sharply raked backwards; quadruple arched cresting rail; between crest and cross rail, four half-banisters, in vase forms, with turned side forward; curved and crudely rolled arms, set upon front legs; rush seat; front legs vase-turned as supports for arms, then alternately round and flattened ball turned, terminating in button feet; two crudely turned stretchers each side, one round-turned rear stretcher; front stretchers turned in spool and baluster forms; old black paint.

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Unknown

Attribution

Maker

Notes

Dates: 1668 - 1699 Date made: r. 1668 - 1699

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

PCR 1010
49

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

44-1/2 in

Width

25 in

Depth

26-1/4 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 44 1/2 x 25 x 26 1/4 in. (113 x 63.5 x 66.7 cm)

Material

Maple, oak, rush

Condition

Notes

Remarks: Details of condition: Worn rush seat.

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Unknown

General Notes

Note Type

Curatorial Remarks

Note

Wood identified as acer rubrum or red maple in microscopic analysis at Winterthur Museum 1978 via Neil Kamil [handwritten notes found in Kate's old files, 3/2013 by Jessa J. Krick].

Note Type

StorageNote

Note

Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Philipsburg Manor, Attic, N Center