Chair, side

Furniture

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Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

Chair, side

Entry/Object ID

VC.58.437

Description

Chair, side: yoke-shaped cresting rail set over tops of stiles, and secured by dowels; vase-shaped solid splat, with edges slightly beveled at rear, set into cross-rail above seat, stiles turned in upper portions in forms of spool, bulb, bulb, spool, ring, inverted trumpet, and vase; stiles round-turned beneath cross-rail; rush seat; seat rails dowelled into posts; two round-turned stretchers each side, one at rear, set low; front stretcher turned in forms of vase, bulb, bulb, vase; front legs round-turned directly above seat rails, and beneath, then descending through more thinly turned collar into modified trumpet shape, terminated in round pad-on-disk feet; brownish varnish stain.

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Unknown

Attribution

Maker

Date made

1700 - 1750

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

40-1/2 in

Width

21-5/8 in

Depth

16-1/2 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 40 1/2 x 21 5/8 x 16 1/2 in. (102.9 x 54.9 x 41.9 cm)

Material

hickory, rush

Condition

Notes

Overall Analysis: Condition report on file, 11-1982. Remarks: Details of condition: Rush seat newish. Finish not original.

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Unknown

General Notes

Note Type

StorageNote

Note

Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Van Cortlandt Manor, Kitchen