Chair, side

Furniture

Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

Chair, side

Entry/Object ID

VC.58.533

Description

Chair, side: stiles, turned, with rings between junctures of slats, are round-turned beneath last slat, sharply tapered at foot; stiles, surmounted by vase or urn-shaped finials with elongated ball-tipped projections, known as "candle" finials; set between stiles, three curved slats, with rounded arch, upper edge; seat rails round, and set into stiles and front legs; rush seat; front legs, rising above seat, round turned, with rings between junctures of legs and stretchers; legs terminate in turned feet; two stretchers at each side, one at rear, round; two front stretchers turned in double vase forms; black painted.

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Unknown

Attribution

Maker

Date made

circa 1720 - 1730

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

39-1/2 in

Width

19 in

Depth

15-1/2 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 39 1/2 x 19 x 15 1/2 in. (100.3 x 48.3 x 39.4 cm)

Material

hickory, rush, Maple

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Unknown

General Notes

Note Type

Curatorial Remarks

Note

Unusually fine state of preservation. Wood identified as acer rubrum or red maple in microscopic analysis at Winterthur Museum 1978 via Neil Kamil [handwritten notes found in Kate's old files, 3/2013 by Jessa J. Krick].

Note Type

StorageNote

Note

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