Chair, side

Furniture

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Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

Chair, side

Entry/Object ID

PM.65.891

Description

Low spindle back side chair with HH or HI stamp on rear stile: ovoid, spool, and pot finials, atop stiles turned in round and flattened ball forms, terminating in turned feet of smaller diameter; sausage and ring alternating turnings, top and cross rails, between which are 5 vase and sausage turned spindles; rush seat; round and flattened ball turned front legs, terminating in turned feet of smaller diameter; sausage-turned stretchers, two at each side, two at front, one at rear, set low; brown stain.

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Unknown

Attribution

Maker

Date made

1660 - 1720

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Inscription

Transcription

See description

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

PCR 1114
# 264

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

35 in

Width

18-1/4 in

Depth

15-1/2 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 35 x 18 1/4 x 15 1/2 in. (88.9 x 46.4 x 39.4 cm)

Material

Wood (maple, ash), rush

Condition

Notes

Remarks: Worn rush seat; tops of from legs and stiles at juncture of seat rails are chewed up by nail holes; 1 1/4" x 3/8" rectangular-shaped gouge on inside of proper back left leg where top of side stretcher meets back leg; finish worn off throughout; front proper left leg is worn on center turned area; front bottom stretcher is worn in front; tops of front legs are missing sections of wood; some discs of lower back horizontal turning have gouges, second disc from left proper is chipped; discs are worn on top back horizontal turning; discs on finials are worn.

Notes

Remarks: Worn rush seat; tops of front legs and stiles at juncture of seat rails are chewed up by nail holes; 1 1/4" x 3/8" rectangular-shaped gouge on inside of proper back left leg where top of side stretcher meets back leg; finish worn off wood throughout; front proper left leg is worn in front on center turned area; front bottom stretcher especially worn in front.

Notes

Remarks: Fairly new rush seat; tops of front legs and stiles at juncture of seat rails, somewhat chewed up by nail holes; modern tacks at bottom of 4 feet.

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Unknown

Related Entries

Notes

PM.65.912 - Chair, side - Part of set

General Notes

Note Type

Curatorial Remarks

Note

Similar chair in the Met's collection (1997.68): "This chair, ornamented with turnings of repeated barrel, flattened ball, and baluster shapes, is of a distinctive type associated with areas of Dutch cultural influence in New York and northern New Jersey. Its overall design and turned motifs, including the urn-and-flame finials, are based on a form of chair that was popular in the Netherlands during the second half of the seventeenth century. This type of turned chair derived its basic format from that of fashionable seventeenth-century upholstered chairs."

Note Type

General Note

Note

With .912

Note Type

StorageNote

Note

Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Philipsburg Manor, Upper Kitchen