Garden seat

Furniture

Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

Garden seat

Entry/Object ID

SS.81.9 a

Description

Cast iron, low garden back chairs: arms "of a piece" with back; "animal" cabriole legs with foliage decoration at the knee scroll up to arm; border of rough dentils around back; design on back consists of flowers and foliage in an open, scrolling design; seat rail decoration scrolled with beading and has a drop in center, seat of open quatrefoils with round and tab shaped openings connected by bits of foliage; feet on back have ring at ankle, slight foliage decorated cabriole knee; 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.81.9

SS.81.9 A-B

SS.81.9 A

SS.81.9a

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

24-5/8 in

Width

21-1/4 in

Depth

18 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 24 5/8 x 21 1/4 x 18 in. (62.5 x 54 x 45.7 cm)

Material

Cast iron

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Unknown

Related Entries

Notes

SS.81.9 b - Garden seat - One of pair

General Notes

Note Type

Curatorial Remarks

Note

Accessioned in 1981; acquired before. SS.81.9 B was destroyed by a tree in 1997. It was deaccessioned and discarded. JKT

Note Type

General Note

Note

One of pair

Note Type

StorageNote

Note

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