Chair, side

Furniture

Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

Chair, side

Entry/Object ID

VC.59.672

Description

Side chair: Yoke-shaped cresting rail set over tops of stiles and secured by dowels; vase-shaped solid splat, with rear edges prominently beveled, set into cross-rail above seat; stiles, raked slightly backward, turned in upper portions in shapes of vases end to end, with vase at top, with vase above cross-rail; lower parts of stiles round-turned; rush seat; seat rails dowelled into posts; two round turned stretchers each side, one, set low, at rear; front stretcher turned in forms of modified vase, vase, ring, vase, modified vase; front legs round-turned above and immediately below seat rails, descending through more thinly turned collar to more bulbously turned trumpet shape, to terminate in slightly toed-out round pad-on-disk feet; black painted (over older red paint). Pine splat and stiles; maple cresting rail, front legs and cross-rail; hickory stretchers.

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Unknown

Attribution

Maker

Notes

Dates: 1700 - 1750 Date made: r. 1700 - 1750

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

40-1/4 in

Width

20-3/4 in

Depth

18-1/4 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 40 1/4 x 20 3/4 x 18 1/4 in. (102.2 x 52.7 x 46.4 cm)

Material

rush, hickory, Pine, Maple

Condition

Notes

Remarks: Details of condition: Rush seat probably replacement. Black paint covers older red.

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Unknown

General Notes

Note Type

StorageNote

Note

Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Van Cortlandt Complex, Ferry House - Commons Room