1954.0540 Chair, view 2
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Chair (Side chair)

  • Category:

    Furniture

  • Creator (Role):

    Unknown (Furniture maker)

  • Place of Origin:

    Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America

  • Date:

    1700-1720

  • Materials:

    Maple, soft; Oak, red

  • Museum Object Number:

    1954.0540


  • Complete Details



Object Number

1954.0540

Object Name

Chair (Side chair)

Category

Furniture

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

Unknown (Furniture maker)
This record is to be used when the maker of an object is unknown.

Place of Origin

Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America

Origin Notes

Previously attributed to New York.

Date

1700-1720

Materials

Maple, soft; Oak, red

Dimensions (inches)

47.125 (H) , 18.125 (W) , 17.375 (D)

Dimensions (centimeters)

119.698 (H) , 46.038 (W) , 44.133 (D)

Measurement Notes

OW at front of seat, OD from front of seat to back of post finial.

Object Description

Web - 01/23/2019

William and Mary-style side chair made of soft maple and red oak with brown leather upholstery. The chair back is angled back. The arched crest rail is pierced and carved with scrolls and plumes in the Prince-of-Wales style. The crest rail and a rectangular lower rail are mounted between two rear, baluster-turned stiles. Compressed-ball-and-spool finials surmount the stiles. A leather-upholstered back panel outlined with upholstery tracks is mounted between the rails. The trapezoidal seat is upholstered over the rail with leather. Upholstery tacks outline the front and side lower edges of the seat rails. The front baluster legs terminate in ball feet. The rear legs are stump. The rear stretcher and the side stretchers are rectangular and the front stretcher is double-ball-and-reel-turned.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Forman, Benno M. 1988 American Seating Furniture, 1630-1730: An Interpretive Catalog.
Published: fig. 169 (right), p. 301 and cat. no. 66, pp. 314-16.