Chair, side

Furniture

Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

Chair, side

Entry/Object ID

VC.58.438

Description

Splat-back side chair: yoke-shaped cresting rail set over tops of stiles and secured by small nails (in back); vase-shaped solid splat, with beveled edges slightly beveled at rear, set into cross-rail above seat, stiles, raked slightly backward, turned in upper portions, in forms of vase, inverted trumpet, vase, and bulb; lower parts of stiles round-turned stretchers each side, one at rear, set low; front stretcher turned in forms of small vase, vase, ring, vase; small vase; front legs immediatly beneath seat blocks turned thinly in shapes of vase on collar, descending to modified, more bulbous-turned trumpet shape, terminating in toed out round pad-on-disk feet; dark stain. Maple: stiles; front legs; cross-rail. Poplar: splat. Hickory: stretchers.

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Unknown

Attribution

Maker

Date made

1700 - 1750

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

39-1/2 in

Width

22-1/4 in

Depth

16-3/4 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 39 1/2 x 22 1/4 x 16 3/4 in. (100.3 x 56.5 x 42.5 cm)

Material

hickory, rush, Maple, Poplar

Condition

Notes

Remarks: Details of condition: Seat probably replacement. Finish comparatively recent.

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Unknown

General Notes

Note Type

Curatorial Remarks

Note

Vendor stated from Upper Hudson River Valley.

Note Type

StorageNote

Note

Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Van Cortlandt Complex, Ferry House - Keeper's Room/SE