Chair, side

Furniture

Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

Chair, side

Entry/Object ID

SS.61.78

Description

Chair, side: pierced arched cresting rail, set between stiles; open back, with two flat rectangular cross-bars set diagonally into cresting rail and cross-rail, and mortised together in large lozenge at their intersection; stiles, with vase-shaped terminals tipped with brass caps, round-turned, in vase form at top; stiles taper at bottom; seat rails dowelled into stiles, and set above legs, with corner blocks which have small brass cap at center of each; rush seat; H-stretchers, round-turned, with hint of vase shape, suggestion of "bamboo-turning;" front legs, similarly turned, almost ringed at juncture with stretchers, and tapering below.

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Unknown

Attribution

Maker

Notes

Dates: 1834 - 1867 Date made: r. 1834 - 1867

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

38 in

Width

17-5/8 in

Depth

16-1/2 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 38 x 17 5/8 x 16 1/2 in. (96.5 x 44.8 x 41.9 cm)

Material

Maple, brass, rush

Condition

Notes

Remarks: Mortised joint at lozenge loose.

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Unknown

General Notes

Note Type

Curatorial Remarks

Note

Miscellaneous: SS.61.78 seems to be a rather unique chair designed by a rural cabinetmaker familiar with American Empire chairs of the 1830-45 period, with Phyfe & Phyfe-style Neo-Classical chairs, of c.1800-1825, as well as with the earlier country bannister back chairs, and, perhaps, with "bamboo-turned" Windsors, as well. Seemingly, then, date would fall somewhere within the middle of the 19th. century. N.B. 4/78 JTB reattributed location.

Note Type

StorageNote

Note

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