Armchair

Furniture

Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

Armchair

Entry/Object ID

VC.58.71

Description

Splat back arm chair: abbreviated yoke-shaped cresting rail, with saddle, dowelled into stiles; vase-shaped solid splat, set into sharp-edged yoke-shaped cross rail; stiles turned, with knobbed finials above cresting rail, round-turned at juncture with cresting rail, delicately fluted to area of juncture with arms, then round turned; arms, flattened, with depressions for arms, curve outward, terminating in rounded shape, with grooved edges, and circular indentations on upper surface; arm supports, turned in truncated cone shape, fluted, above bulbous vase-shaped turning; arm supports continue into front legs, round turned; seat rails dowelled into posts, with rush seat; side and rear stretchers round turned; front stretcher turned in vase, ring, bulb, spool, bulb, ring, vase shaped.

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Unknown

Attribution

Maker

Notes

Dates: 1734 - 1767 Date made: r. 1734 - 1767

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

45-3/4 in

Width

28-1/4 in

Depth

21-1/2 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 45 3/4 x 28 1/4 x 21 1/2 in. (116.2 x 71.8 x 54.6 cm)

Material

Pine, rush, Cherry, oak, Fabric

Condition

Notes

Overall Analysis: Repaired, 1959.

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Unknown

General Notes

Note Type

Curatorial Remarks

Note

Vendor attributes to New York, early 18th century. Materials on card reads: Cherry; oak(rear & side stretchers); pine (splat). Style on card reads: country; transitional, Queen Anne to Chippendale.

Note Type

StorageNote

Note

Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Van Cortlandt Manor, Old Parlour