Chair, Easy

Object/Artifact

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Planting Fields

Name/Title

Chair, Easy

Entry/Object ID

2007.015.001

Description

A mid-late 17th Century oak Charles II panel-back open armchair, having a carved, curviate-top crest rail, beaded-edge side stiles, with arabesque and foliate-carved central panel, curved arm rest, with ring-turned arm supports, plank seat over molded, straight-edge skirt frieze, supported on block-and-ring-turned front legs, ending in square block feet, simple back legs, ring-turned front stretcher and simple side-stretchers. Paper label under seat reads "Kenneth MacLeish Vander Poel English 17th Century oak Jacobean armchair, solid back with incised leaves on turned and block legs, $500" Also branded with "V", superimposed with "P" (for Vander Poel) Also with white enamel button: "110"

Collection

Coe Hall

Cataloged By

Cannarsa

Acquisition

Accession

2007.015.001

Source or Donor

Vander Poel, Kenneth M.

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Place

Location

England

Notes

Date: Mid 17th Century-Late 17th Century

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Tertiary Object Term

Chair, Easy

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Armchair

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Chair

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Seating Furniture

Nomenclature Class

Furniture

Nomenclature Category

Category 02: Furnishings

Dimensions

Height

36-1/2 in

Length

26 in

Material

Wood: Oak, Wood

Location

Location

* Untyped Location

Children’s Wing Hallway

Building

Coe Hall

Date

June 20, 2024

Location

* Untyped Location

Guest Wing Hall

Building

Coe Hall

Date

May 3, 2024

Location

Room

Unknown

Building

Coe Hall

Moved By

Emily Leger

Date

April 22, 2024

Location

Room

Dining Room Hallway

Building

Coe Hall

Category

Permanent

Date

August 16, 2023

Inventory

Inventory Project

INV2024.1

Inventoried By

Amanda Massimillio

Inventoried Date

Jun 20, 2024

Inventory Project

INV2024.1

Inventoried Date

May 3, 2024

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Maintenance

Maintenance History

Date

May 9, 2007

Notes

Badami noticed restoration done to one front foot, the back panel may have been a later replacement. Some other restorations, including partial seat.

Valuations

Valuation Type

Appraisal

Estimator

J. Badami

Notes

Min. Value: 3800

Provenance

Notes

Collected By: Kenneth M. Vander Poel Kenneth M. Vander Poel Planting Fields Foundation

General Notes

Note

Notes: Paper label under seat reads "Kenneth MacLeish Vander Poel English 17th Century oak Jacobean armchair, solid back with incised leaves on turned and block legs, $500" Also branded with "V", superimposed with "P" (for Vander Poel) Also with white enamel button: "110" Status: OK

Created By

admin@catalogit.app

Create Date

May 9, 2007

Updated By

mpenny@plantingfields.org

Update Date

March 5, 2025