Chair
- Object Name:
- Chair
- Object ID:
- 1967.502
- Place of Origin:
- New England
- Date:
- 1740-1760
- Description:
- Side Chair. Yoke crest rail, rectangular stiles with slightly chamfered back corners, and vase-shaped central splat housed in horizontal rail above splint seat, front of rail being molded near bottom. Front seat rail expands into exposed blocks at ends above legs. Block-and-vase turned front legs with Spanish feet. Square rear legs all corners of which are slightly chamfered and the front surfaces of which are cut back at an angle below side stretchers. Six turned stretchers, front one having central ball-and-ring turnings with cone terminals, two baluster-turned stretchers at each side and one at back, side stretchers having central ring. Two outer edges of exposed blocks at front of seat, are chamfered. Side stretchers ash; front and back stretchers birch. Front seat rail birch; others ash. Bottom left and top right corners of splat broken off and glued back in place. Both ends of crest rail repaired with plastic wood. Right seat rail extends through back leg at the point of a repair. One break in splint seat.
- Material:
- Wood
Ash
Birch - Dimensions:
- H-40 W-18.875 D-18.625 inches
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
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