Chair

Object Name:

Chair

Object ID:

1933.005.07

Date:

1825-1830

Description:

Side Chair. Windsor style, slat back. Painted yellow, with black, gold, and red highlights. Bamboo turnings, with black paint in segments. Tapered feet. Wooden apron seat. Deep, painted-and-stencilled top slat over five turned spindles. Central stencilled design of grapes, grape leaves, and vines, in red, gold and black. Stencil area outlined in black, with additional black and brown outlining of the sides. Spindles have vertical black stripes, with two short horizontal stripes on upper end, and one at lower end, below which is a gold-painted ball. Two end spindles are flattened and striped in black, with two segments of red brush stroke stripes. Very tops of two end spindles have dark green leaves painted on them. Three bands painted around chair seat: thin band of black at edge, then a wide band of black, then a wide band of red. Five clusters of red brush stroke stripes around the edge of chair seat. One of a set of 6 chairs.

Material:

Wood

Dimensions:

H-34 W-17.75 D-16.25 inches

Provenance:

There is some confusion as to the correct accession number for this set of chairs. The 1933.5 accession number may have been added to the accession book at a later time. The chairs may be part of the yellow-painted bedroom set of Rufus Sanborn given by Margaret Jewell (1937.12). However, the set probably only contained 3 chairs. The chairs could also be the "Six painted chairs of Windsor type" donated by Hosea Canney (1940.14.2) which are unaccounted for.

Credit Line:

Gift of Margaret H. Jewell

People:

Sanborn, Rufus (c. 1827- ), Canney, Hosea (1863-1941)