Armchair

Furniture

Lincoln County Historical Association

Name/Title

Armchair

Description

Transitional country armchair with William & Mary turned stretchers and front legs extending above seat to form turned armposts. Queen Anne vase shaped splat and a yoke crest rail. The two stiles are gently curved. Chair arms curve down and end in scrolls. The shoe for the splat is raised above the seat and has a simple single groove across bottom. Rush seat supported probably by ash rails. Side stretchers turned with three double grooves at center and at each end of swelled center section. Arms pegged into stiles and arm supports. Splat pegged into crest rail and shoe. Front legs end in ball feet cut along bottom

Made/Created

Artist

American, unknown

Date made

1725 - 1750

Time Period

18th Century

Place

Region

Northern New England

Country

United States

Continent

North America

Notes

Is a sophisticated country chair which could have been made anywhere from central Massachusetts, southern New Hampshire or even southern Maine.

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Label

Location

On underside of rush seat

Transcription

"Chair/owned . . . (torn away)/Lydia Kilbourne Green/wife of/Lieut Thomas Green"

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

110.5 cm

Width

55.9 cm

Depth

50.2 cm

Dimension Notes

Width measures width of seat whereas depth is that at the base of the legs.

Dimension Description

The Seat

Width

55.9 cm

Depth

41.9 cm

Dimension Description

Front legs

Height

62.5 cm

Material

Wood (Ash), Wood (maple)

Color

Reddish Brown

Condition

Overall Condition

Very Good

Notes

The rush seat is old and possibly original and has deteriorated in places. The primary wood is probably maple coated with an old stained finish (probably to suggest mahogany) which, in areas has orange peel craquelure. However, this finish may well be the original and has remained untouched.