Name/Title
Chair, sideEntry/Object ID
PM.65.806Description
Banister-back side chair with pierced cresting rail carved with two leafy C-scrolls, and set between stiles: stiles, topped by knobbed-ball finials on spool turnings, blocked at crest, turned in base forms to block at cross-rail, are raked slightly backwards; cross-rail carved at bottom with stepped pendant rectangle; set between crest and cross-rail, 4 half-banisters, shaped in vase forms; rush seat; stiles rectangular beneath seat, raking back at feet; seat blocks, set above front legs; front legs, turned with delicate spool forms and vases beneath seat blocks, and blocked at juncture of front and side stretchers, terminate in carved Spanish feet; at each side, and rear, stretcher turned in opposing vase shapes; front stretcher turned with bulbous vase-shape, spool, ring, spool and bulbous vase forms; black-painted.Made/Created
Artist Information
Artist
UnknownAttribution
MakerNotes
Dates: 1700 - 1733
Date made: r. 1700 - 1733Dimensions
Dimension Description
OverallHeight
48-1/4 inWidth
19 inDepth
16-3/4 inDimension Notes
Display Dimensions: 48 1/4 x 19 x 16 3/4 in. (122.6 x 48.3 x 42.5 cm)Material
Maple, Basswood, Pine, rushCondition
Notes
Overall Analysis: Taken by Cappolino for repair 10/18/68 - Est. $16.66 (3 for $50)
Blue linen seat pad, 1969.
Remarks: Paint shows wear and flaking throughout, especially on ball finials, top of crest, banisters, and stretchers; rush seat darkened with age; 2" abrasion on Proper Rt leg at block directly above foot; 1/2" gouge on Rt foot at Rt corner.Relationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
UnknownRelated Entries
Notes
PM.65.805 - Chair, side - Similar itemGeneral Notes
Note Type
Curatorial RemarksNote
Bannister chair. Microscopic analysis of wood sample - Gordon Salter, Winterthur Museum, 6/19/1978. Genus Tilia (Basswood). Not necessarily American wood.Note Type
StorageNoteNote
Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Philipsburg Manor, Adolph Philipse's Bedchamber/NE