Armchair

Furniture

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Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

Armchair

Entry/Object ID

SS.61.70

Description

Chair, arm; "bow" or "hoop" back Windsor; round-turned cresting-rail bent in round arch and set above arms; arms, formed by horizontally bent semi-circular rail, flat, terminating in scrolls; 7 round-turned full-length spindles, 4 half-length, dowelled into seat; arm supports, canted forward, turned with vase at top, thence bamboo-turned; solid seat, slightly saddle-shaped; legs, splayed and bamboo-turned, pierced seat; bamboo-turned H-stretchers. " E. FAXON" branded beneath seat.

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

E. Faxon

Attribution

Maker

Notes

Dates: 1768 - 1799 Date made: r. 1768 - 1799

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Inscription

Transcription

See description

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

32-7/8 in

Width

22-1/4 in

Depth

23 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 32 7/8 x 22 1/4 x 23 in. (83.5 x 56.5 x 58.4 cm)

Material

Maple, Pine, hickory

Condition

Notes

Remarks: Details of Condition: Good; recent coat of new brown paint.

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Irving Family

Notes

Former owner

General Notes

Note Type

Curatorial Remarks

Note

Miscellaneous: Bamboo-turned legs and stretchers point toward a date rather late in 18th. century, or well into 19th. However, bamboo turnings seem to have appeared in Windsors as early as the 1760's, although more common later. Such turnings not infrequently associated with chairs mediocre in proprtion and detail. Faxon not listed in Antiques Index, 1922-1957, 72 vols.; not listed in Bjerkoe, "Cabinetmakers of America".

Note Type

StorageNote

Note

Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Sunnyside, Rear Guest Bedroom