Name/Title
Chair, sideEntry/Object ID
VC.58.399Description
Side chair: yoke-shaped cresting rail set over tops of stiles and secured by nails; vase-shaped solid splat, with bevelled edges at rear, set into cross-rail above seat; stiles, raked slightly inward and backward, turned in upper portions in shapes of vase, spool, inverted trumpet, vase, and bulb; lower sections of stiles round-turned; rush seat; corner blocks; two round-turned stretchers each side, one at rear, set low; front stretcher turned in forms of vase, bulb, ring, bulb and vase; front legs immediately below seat blocks thinly turned in vase and collar, descending in shape of more bulbous-turned modified trumpet to terminate in rather round toed-out pad-on -disk feet; greenish black paint (over varnish).
Hickory: cresting rail, cross rail, stiles, strechers.
Maple: front legs, corner blocks.
Pine: splat.Made/Created
Artist Information
Artist
UnknownAttribution
MakerNotes
Dates: 1700 - 1750
Date made: r. 1700 - 1750Dimensions
Dimension Description
OverallHeight
41 inWidth
23 inDepth
18-1/4 inDimension Notes
Display Dimensions: 41 x 23 x 18 1/4 in. (104.1 x 58.4 x 46.4 cm)Material
hickory, Maple, rush, PineCondition
Notes
Overall Analysis: Condition report on file 11/1982.
Remarks: Details of condition: Rush seat newish; paint not original.Relationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
UnknownGeneral Notes
Note Type
StorageNoteNote
Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Van Cortlandt Manor, Lean-to Room