Chair, side

Furniture

Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

Chair, side

Entry/Object ID

VC.59.265

Description

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 inward and backward, turned in shapes of vase, inverted trumpet, vase and bulb, upper half; lower half of stiles round-turned; rush seat with corner blocks; two round-turned stretchers each side, one set low in rear; front stretcher turned in small vase, vase, vase, small vase shapes; front legs turned thinly, immediately below seat blocks, in vase form, then descend, in more bulbous-turned modified trumpet shape, to terminate in slightly toed-out, somewhat elongated, pad-on-disk feet; black painted (over reddish stain). Pine cresting rail and splat; maple front legs; hickory stiles and stretchers.

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Unknown

Attribution

Maker

Notes

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

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

39-5/8 in

Width

20 in

Depth

18-1/2 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 39 5/8 x 20 x 18 1/2 in. (100.6 x 50.8 x 47 cm)

Material

Maple, rush, hickory, Pine

Condition

Notes

Remarks: Details of condition: Rush seat apparently new; black paint apparently over older stain; front stretcher cracked, crudely repaired.

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Unknown

Related Entries

Notes

VC.59.263 - Chair, side - Part of set VC.59.262 - Chair, side - Part of set VC.59.264 - Chair, side - Part of set

General Notes

Note Type

Curatorial Remarks

Note

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 Note

Note

1of4

Note Type

StorageNote

Note

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