Name/Title
Chair, sideEntry/Object ID
VC.59.263Description
Side chair: yoke-shaped cresting-rail set over tops of stiles and secured by nails; vase-shaped solid splat, with edges slightly bevelled at rear, set into cross-rail above seat; stiles, raked very slightly inward and backward, turned in shapes of vase, inverted trumpet, vase and bulb, upper portions; lower parts of stiles, from cross-rail down, round-turned, tapering somewhat near bottom; rush seat with corner blocks; two round-turned stretchers each side, one at rear, set low; front stretcher turned in shapes of small vase, large vase, large vase, small vase; front legs immediately beneath seat blocks turned thinly in vase and collar shapes, descending in more bulbous-turned modified trumpet shape to terminate in rather small, slightly toed-out pad-on-double-disk feet; dark stained.
Pine cresting rail and splat; maple corner blocks and cross rail; hickory stretchers, stiles, and front legs.Made/Created
Artist Information
Artist
UnknownAttribution
MakerNotes
Dates: 1700 - 1750
Date made: r. 1700 - 1750Dimensions
Dimension Description
OverallHeight
40 inWidth
20-1/2 inDepth
17-1/2 inDimension Notes
Display Dimensions: 40 x 20 1/2 x 17 1/2 in. (101.6 x 52.1 x 44.5 cm)Material
Maple, rush, hickory, PineCondition
Notes
Remarks: Details of condition: Rush seat new; stain apparently old; one nail in cresting rail modern; exterior angles of corner-blocks possibly sawed off.Relationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
UnknownRelated Entries
Notes
VC.59.264 - Chair, side - Part of set
VC.59.262 - Chair, side - Part of set
VC.59.265 - Chair, side - Part of setGeneral Notes
Note Type
Curatorial RemarksNote
Handwritten "Condition report" says: This chair (VC.59.262) is listed as part of a set of 4 but shows no relation to others. VC.59.264 is also different from VC.59.263 and .265.Note Type
General NoteNote
1of4Note Type
StorageNoteNote
Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Van Cortlandt Manor, Kitchen