Name/Title
Chair, sideEntry/Object ID
PM.65.778Description
Splat back, "heart and crown" side chair: double arched shaped cresting rail with pierced heart, slightly off center, set between vase-turned stiles topped with urn finials, and terminating in round-turned legs; narrow vase-shaped splat, set between crest and cross-rail; splint seat; front legs round-turned with two spools each; legs project above seat; two round-turned stretchers each side, one at rear, set low; two front stretchers, in slender sausage-turnings; in general, narrow proportions.Made/Created
Artist Information
Artist
UnknownAttribution
MakerNotes
Dates: 1734 - 1767
Date made: r. 1734 - 1767Dimensions
Dimension Description
OverallHeight
41-1/2 inWidth
19-1/2 inDepth
15-1/2 inDimension Notes
Display Dimensions: 41 1/2 x 19 1/2 x 15 1/2 in. (105.4 x 49.5 x 39.4 cm)Condition
Notes
Remarks: Finials are scratched;crest rail's heart cut-out has scratches throughout: proper left has two horizontal cracks from side toward center at the top of the crest; gouge inherent in wood noted in center of splat on back (has been filled); numerous cracks in cross rail where splat meets the cross rail; legs show scratches and gouges throughout from use especially on proper right and left lower legs and on front of proper right leg; left legs missing top layer of wood particularly the lower areas of the legs; all stretchers are worn, particularly the two front stretchers; splint seat cracked and broken in center area of seat; bottom of seat has a few cracks.
12/7-all joins very loose.Relationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
UnknownGeneral Notes
Note Type
StorageNoteNote
Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Philipsburg Manor, Attic, NW Corner