Name/Title
ArmchairEntry/Object ID
VC.58.129Description
Chair, arm: cresting rail yoke-shaped, rounded, descending at each side through two juxtaposed cyma curves into stiles; vase-shaped solid splat, curved to fit form of human body, set into socket in seat rail; stiles, curved to fit body, rounded; rear legs rounded, excepting for unturned areas at juncture with seat rails and at juncture with stretchers; arms, flattened at top, curve downward to form continuous line with the incurvate "broken" supports; seat rails plain, with rounded corners and simply valenced front rail; unornamented cabriole front legs, terminating in pad-on-disk feet; turned block and spindle H-stretcher, with round stretcher at rear.
Slip seat, upholstered to yellow bourette.Made/Created
Artist Information
Artist
UnknownAttribution
MakerNotes
Dates: 1700 - 1733
Date made: r. 1700 - 1733Dimensions
Dimension Description
OverallHeight
39 inWidth
24-1/2 inDepth
27 inDimension Notes
Display Dimensions: 39 x 24 1/2 x 27 in. (99.1 x 62.2 x 68.6 cm)Material
Beech, Bourette, European WalnutRelationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Catherine Elizabeth Beck Van CortlandtNotes
Former ownerPerson or Organization
Van Cortlandt FamilyNotes
Former ownerGeneral Notes
Note Type
Curatorial RemarksNote
Wood was analysed successfully as European walnut by the U.S.Forest Products Laboratory in 1959, after attempts to identify it had failed (Smithsonian; Winterthur).
VC.58.129 was formerly (1901 - v. Singleton) upholstered in needlepoint (slip seat and splat); as late as 1941 (v. Parke-Bernet sale Catalogue) painted black.
Seat was red bourette at one point, currently yellow (Jessa J. Krick, 6/14/2012).Note Type
General NoteNote
Van Cortlandt family possessionNote Type
StorageNoteNote
Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Van Cortlandt Manor, Parlour