Chair, side

Furniture

Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

Chair, side

Entry/Object ID

VC.99.2

Description

One of a pair of fancy painted chair type with flower decoration painted in gold color on the back support. Slightly arched rounded crest rail with double urn turnings (bottom to bottom) flanking cylinder; rear uprights flair backward; they have flattened faces pointed at the bottoms with series of four ring turnings below; arched, roughly rectangular back support; a flattened narrow slat below. Modern rush seat has flat vertically placed back and side seat rails and rolled front seat rail. Corner blocks are exposed. All seat rails have decorative rather than functional character and are attached to the back supports, corner blocks and functional rails covered with rush, with nails. The front legs are secured in the corner blocks which are part of functional rail construction. The turnings on front legs follows: cup, flattened ball, reel, flattened ball, reel, 19 rings, tapered foot ending in ball. One back stretcher, two side stretchers on each side; front stretcher has following turned decoration: flaring element, 7 rings, reel, flattened ball, reel, 7 rings, flaring element. The chair has grainy finish all over. Golden-colored stencilled and painted decoration; stylized flower on crest rail and front seat rail; floral borders on the faces of the back supports; line borders and highlights all over. On the back rest there is a painting of hollyhock flower, leaves and buds in gold surrounded by a gilt line border. There are four stylized flowers painted in the corners of the back rest outside the border.

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Unknown

Attribution

Maker

Notes

Dates: 1826 - 1850 Date made: r. 1826 - 1850

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

35-1/2 in

Width

17 in

Depth

17 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 35 1/2 x 17 x 17 in. (90.2 x 43.2 x 43.2 cm)

Material

Maple, ash, rush

Condition

Notes

Remarks: Details of condition: Big losses of grainy finish and painted decoration; wood is worn all over. VC.99.2 has more losses of paint.

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Van Cortlandt Family, Unknown

Notes

User

Related Entries

Notes

VC.99.1 - Chair, side - Part of set SS.89.20 - Chair, side - Similar item SS.89.13 - Chair, side - Similar item SS.89.19 - Chair, side - Similar item SS.89.14 - Chair, side - Similar item SS.89.15 - Chair, side - Similar item SS.89.16 - Chair, side - Similar item SS.89.17 - Chair, side - Similar item SS.89.18 - Chair, side - Similar item

General Notes

Note Type

Curatorial Remarks

Note

Even though this pair of chairs is visually very similar to the set of Fancy chairs SS.89.13-20, note that seat construction is quite different. Boscobel curator Jennifer Carlquist came to Sunnyside for a research appointment and thought these were very ordinary Connecticut Hitchcock-style chairs with run-of-the-mill stenciling. They were accessioned as part of a larger gift [Jessa J. Krick, 11/8/2016].

Note Type

General Note

Note

One of pair

Note Type

StorageNote

Note

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