Name/Title
ArmchairEntry/Object ID
PM.65.817Description
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
UnknownAttribution
MakerNotes
Dates: 1668 - 1699
Date made: r. 1668 - 1699Dimensions
Dimension Description
OverallHeight
44-1/2 inWidth
25 inDepth
26-1/4 inDimension Notes
Display Dimensions: 44 1/2 x 25 x 26 1/4 in. (113 x 63.5 x 66.7 cm)Condition
Notes
Remarks: Details of condition: Worn rush seat.Relationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
UnknownGeneral Notes
Note Type
Curatorial RemarksNote
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
StorageNoteNote
Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Philipsburg Manor, Attic, N Center