Garden chair

Furniture

Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

Garden chair

Entry/Object ID

SS.81.13 a

Description

One of a pair of cast iron garden side chairs: back consists of interconnected pattern of grapes, leaves and vines; back is not much higher than arms; straight legs of same pattern ending at leaf at foot (foot flares slightly); front legs attached to back legs by means of a brace held with nuts and bolts; kidney-shaped seat with ribbon-like, swirling openwork designs; total of 10 pieces attached with nuts and bolts; painted gray.

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Unknown

Attribution

Maker

Notes

Dates: 1834 - 1867 Date made: r. 1834 - 1867

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

SS.81.13 A

SS.81.13a

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

24-1/4 in

Width

20-5/8 in

Depth

20-1/2 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 24 1/4 x 20 5/8 x 20 1/2 in. (61.6 x 52.4 x 52.1 cm)

Material

Cast iron

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Unknown

Related Entries

Notes

SS.81.12 b - Garden bench - Part of set SS.81.13 b - Garden chair - Similar item SS.81.12 a - Garden bench - Part of set SS.81.12 c - Garden bench - Part of set

General Notes

Note Type

Curatorial Remarks

Note

Accessioned in 1981; acquired before.

Note Type

General Note

Note

One of a pair; see also matching benches (SS.81.12 a-c); original accession sheet states there is a pair only (not three).

Note Type

StorageNote

Note

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