Chair, side

Furniture

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Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

Chair, side

Entry/Object ID

PM.65.768

Description

Side chair, one of pair, with "twist turned" front stretcher: rectangular leather-covered padded back, formed by cresting rail and cross rail between stiles; leather secured by large-headed brass tacks; stiles rectangular at back, turned in spiral above seat, rectangular below seat; seat upholstered to padded leather (brown), secured with brass tacks; front legs spiral and block turned terminating in ball feet; three rectangular stretchers, and spiral-turned front stretcher, set high; black-painted.

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Unknown

Attribution

Maker

Notes

Dates: 1600 - 1699 Date made: r. 1600 - 1699

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

PCR 1107-1108
# 67, 70

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

36-1/2 in

Width

19 in

Depth

18-7/8 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 36 1/2 x 19 x 18 7/8 in. (92.7 x 48.3 x 47.9 cm)

Material

Maple, Faux leather, brass

Condition

Notes

Remarks: Leather is cracked throughout on seat and worn on all edges; chair back stiles have deep cracks throughout and worn on front; proper left stretcher worn along top outer edge and has 2" x 1/4" piece missing on center outer edge and several deep cracks throughout; proper left front ball foot is worn deep in front area; proper right front ball foot has deep diagonal crack around half of it; front turned stretcher is worn in front area; square back feet are worn along bottom edges; old nail holes evident on stiles; overall scratches and gouges and wear from use.

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Unknown

Related Entries

Notes

PM.65.767 - Chair, side - Part of set

General Notes

Note Type

Curatorial Remarks

Note

Cost: $584.75 the pair Value: $600 the pair, 1944 NOTE: Leather Chair (Cromwellian chair). Wood Sample (in file folder) - Gordon Salter, Winterthur Museum, 6/12/78. Seat list Acer rubrum (probably) American wood. 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

General Note

Note

See .767

Note Type

StorageNote

Note

Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Philipsburg Manor, Office