Chair (Side chair)

  • Category:

    Furniture

  • Creator (Role):

    Unknown (Furniture maker)

  • Place of Origin:

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

  • Date:

    1710-1740

  • Materials:

    Tulip poplar; Ash; Rush

  • Museum Object Number:

    1957.0530


  • Complete Details



Object Number

1957.0530

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 or Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America

Origin Notes

Previously catalogued as United States, 1700-25.

Date

1710-1740

Materials

Tulip poplar; Ash; Rush

Dimensions (inches)

48.375 (H) , 19 (W) , 17 (D)

Dimensions (centimeters)

122.873 (H) , 48.26 (W) , 43.18 (D)

Measurement Notes

OW at seat; OD from back of crest to front of feet. H (seat) 18 in. (45.7 cm); W (crest) 13.75 in. (34.8 cm); W (feet) 18.5 in. (46.9 cm); D (seat) 14 in. (35.6 cm).

Object Description

Web - 01/23/2019

William and Mary-style, banister-back side chair made of poplar and ash with a rush seat. The chair back is raked back. The pierced crest rail is carved with scrolls and plumes in the Prince-of-Wales style and has a flat lower edge. A lower horizontal rail has a flat upper edge and is cut in notched double ogee curves along the lower edge. The crest rail and lower rail are mounted between two baluster-turned rear stiles. Compressed ball and urn finials surmount the stiles. Four flat, baluster-shaped spindles are set between the crest rail and the lower rail. The trapezoidal rush seat has exposed corner blocks. The front legs are block-and-baluster-on-ring turned with baluster-and-ball feet. The rear stump legs are continuous with the stiles. Double-ball-and-spool-turned front and side stretchers support the legs. There is a double-vase-turned rear stretcher. A cushion accompanies the chair.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Forman, Benno M. 1988 American Seating Furniture, 1630-1730: An Interpretive Catalog.
Published: cat. no. 67, p. 317.