Chair, side

Furniture

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Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

Chair, side

Entry/Object ID

VC.59.234

Description

Side chair; yoke-shaped cresting rail set over tops of stiles, and secured by dowels; vase-shaped solid splat, with edges at back bevelled, slightly uneven sides, set into cross-rail above seat; stiles, raked inward and backward, are turned in forms of vase, inverted trumpet, vase, and bulb, upper portions; lower parts of stiles round-turned, tapering abruptly near bottom; rush seat with marked corner blocks; two round-turned stretchers each side, one at rear, set low; front stretcher turned in vase, bulb, ring, bulb, vase shapes; front legs immediately below seat blocks delicately turned in vase and collar shapes, descending in more bulbous-turned modified trumpet form to terminate in toed-out pad-on-double disk feet; clear varnish finish; cresting rail, stiles, front legs, front seat rail made of maple; splat made of pine; stretchers made of hickory; brand of D. Coutong, corner block.

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

David Coutant

Attribution

Maker

Notes

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

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Inscription

Transcription

See description

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

40-3/4 in

Width

20-1/2 in

Depth

17-1/2 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 40 3/4 x 20 1/2 x 17 1/2 in. (103.5 x 52.1 x 44.5 cm)

Material

hickory, rush, Maple, Pine

Condition

Notes

Remarks: Details of condition: Rush seat not original. Finish, not original, highly shiny, despite steel-wooling May, 1959.

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

COUTANT, DAVID

Related Entries

Notes

VC.59.235 - Chair, side - Part of set

General Notes

Note Type

Curatorial Remarks

Note

Miscellaneous: "D. Coutant" has occasionally and mistakenly been misread as "D. Goutong" or "D. Coutong" who branded each corner block, maker rather than owner, although not found in lists of American cabinetmakers. Several chairs from Philipsburg Manor, Sleepy Hollow, also by Coutant. Uneven sides of upper part of splat characteristic; found also in VC.58.247.

Note Type

General Note

Note

1of 2

Note Type

StorageNote

Note

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