Chair, side

Furniture

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Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

Chair, side

Entry/Object ID

PM.65.767

Description

Side chair, one of pair, with "twist-turned" front stretcher: rectangular leather-covered padded back, formed by cresting rail and cross rail between stiles; faux leather secured by large-headed brass tacks; stiles rectangular at back, turned in spiral above seat, rectangular below seat; seat upholstered to padded leather (brown), secured with brass tacks; front legs spiral and block turned terminating in ball feet; three rectangular stretchers, and spiral-turned front stretcher, set high; black-painted.

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Unknown

Attribution

Maker

Notes

Dates: 1600 - 1699 Date made: r. 1600 - 1699

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

PCR 1107-1108
# 67, 70

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

36-1/2 in

Width

19 in

Depth

19-1/4 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 36 1/2 x 19 x 19 1/4 in. (92.7 x 48.3 x 48.9 cm)

Material

Maple, Faux leather, brass

Condition

Notes

Remarks: Leather is cracked throughout seat and worn on all edges; proper left stile in front has a 2" scratch; front turned stretcher is worn in front area; proper left leg bottom block turning has an old 1" x 1/2" piece missing on bottom outer edge; front bottom ball-shaped feet are both slightly worn in front; proper left back leg is worn on back and outer bottom edges; old nail holes on cresting and cross rails and on stiles; worn along all edges.

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Unknown

Related Entries

Notes

PM.65.768 - Chair, side - Part of set

General Notes

Note Type

Curatorial Remarks

Note

NOTE: Leather Chair (Cromwellian chair). Wood Sample (in file folder) - Gordon Salter, Winterthur Museum, 6/12/78. Seat list Acer rubrum (probably) American wood. 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

General Note

Note

See .768

Note Type

StorageNote

Note

Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Philipsburg Manor, Office