Chair, side

Furniture

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Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

Chair, side

Entry/Object ID

VC.58.297

Description

Side chair: yoke-shaped cresting rail set over tops of stiles and secured by dowels; vase-shaped solid splat, branded on reverse, set into cross-rail above seat; stiles, raked slightly inward and backward, turned in shapes of vase, bulb, inverted trumpet and bulb; upper parts; lower portions of stiles from cross-rail round-turned, tapering abruptly near bottom; rush seat; seat rails doweled into posts; two round-turned stretchers each side, one at rear, set low; front strtecher turned in shapes of small vase, thick ring, thick ring, small vase; front legs round-turned immediately above and beneath seat, descending through thinly-turned collar to more bulbous modified trumpet form, terminating in slightly toed-out pad-on-double disk feet; brownish stain; owners brand, back of splat: "GGB"or "CGB". Maple (stiles, front legs); Pine (cresting rail, splat, cross-rail); Hickory (stretchers)

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Unknown

Attribution

Maker

Notes

Dates: 1734 - 1767 Date made: r. 1734 - 1767

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Inscription

Transcription

See description

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

39-3/4 in

Width

20-1/4 in

Depth

18 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 39 3/4 x 20 1/4 x 18 in. (101 x 51.4 x 45.7 cm)

Material

rush, Maple, hickory, Pine

Condition

Notes

Overall Analysis: Condition Report on file 11/1982. Remarks: Details of condition: Knothole in splat; several stretchers (front, back, lower sides) attached with nails. Rush seat is newish.

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Unknown

General Notes

Note Type

StorageNote

Note

Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Van Cortlandt Manor, Old Parlour