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On Display: House - Hart Room
Chair (Armchair)
Unidentified
1670-1710
Category
Furniture
Creator/Artist/Maker
Unidentified (Furniture maker)
Place of Origin
Westerly or Kingston; Rhode Island; New England; United States; North America
Materials
- Maple, soft
- Rush
Museum Object Number
1956.0010.002
Credit Line/Donor
Museum purchase
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Object Number
1956.0010.002
Object Name
Chair (Armchair)
Category
Furniture
Creator (Role)
Unidentified (Furniture maker)
Place of Origin
Westerly or Kingston; Rhode Island; New England; United States; North America
Origin Notes
Origin is the vicinity of Westerly or Kingston, Rhode Island. Previously catalogued as a "Carver chair." Forman notes this chair's finials differed from the "flambeaux" finials used by early Plymouth Colony and Boston area chairmakers, and appear to derive from a much earlier English type (as is also true of the continued use of slanted arms). These details suggest this chair was made by a nonurban turner who emigrated from the northern or western counties of England. A possible relationship exists between this chair and coastal Connecticut shop traditions.
Date
1670-1710
Materials
- Maple, soft
- Rush
Dimensions (inches)
43.126 (H) x 24.875 (W) x 20.5 (D)
Dimensions (centimeters)
109.54 (H) x 63.18 (W) x 52 (D)
Measurement Notes
OH at left post; OW at arms; OD from back of posts to front of feet. H (seat) 16.5 in. (41.9 cm); W (posts) 19.25 in. (48.8 cm); W (feet) 24 in. (60.8 cm); D (seat) 18 in. (45.7 cm).
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Article: Trent, Robert F. 1999 "New Insights on Early Rhode Island Furniture". American Furniture. 1999: 209-223.
• fig. 11, pp. 215-16Book: Forman, Benno M. 1988 American Seating Furniture, 1630-1730: An Interpretive Catalog.
• cat. no. 8, pp.108-9Electronic: Yale University Art Gallery. Rhode Island Furniture Archive. http://rifa.art.yale.edu/index.htm
• RIF1748