Chair, side

Furniture

Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

Chair, side

Entry/Object ID

VC.59.176

Description

Side chair: yoke-shaped cresting rail set over tops of stiles and secured by dowels; vase-shaped solid splat, with edges bevelled at rear, set into cross-rail above seat; stiles, slightly raked backward and outward (at bottom), turned in upper portions in forms of vases end to end, inverted trumpet, and vase; lower parts of stiles round-turned, tapering sharply near bottom; rush seat; seat rails dowelled into posts; two round-turned stretchers each side, one at rear, set low; front stretcher turned in forms of modified vase, bulb, groove, bulb, modified vase; front legs round-turned immediately below seat rails, descending through more thinly turned collar to somewhat bulbous-turned modified trumpet, terminating in rather small, round, toed-out pad-on-double-disk feet; painted in red graining.

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Unknown

Attribution

Maker

Notes

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

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

40-3/4 in

Width

20-1/2 in

Depth

16-5/8 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 40 3/4 x 20 1/2 x 16 5/8 in. (103.5 x 52.1 x 42.2 cm)

Material

Maple, hickory, rush, Pine

Condition

Notes

Remarks: Details of condition: Splat repaired. Crack fixed and paint touched up.

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Unknown

Related Entries

Notes

VC.59.178 - Chair, side - Part of set VC.59.177 - Chair, side - Part of set VC.59.179 - Chair, side - Part of set VC.59.180 - Chair, side - Part of set VC.59.181 - Chair, side - Part of set

General Notes

Note Type

General Note

Note

One of six

Note Type

StorageNote

Note

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