Chair
- Object Name:
- Chair
- Object ID:
- 1978.027.03
- Creator:
- Wilder, Joseph (1787-1825)
- Place of Origin:
- New Ipswich, NH
- Date:
- circa 1820
- Description:
- Arm chair. "Rod-back" Windsor type, with bowed rectangular crest rail having incurved corners; turned cylindrical stiles with front and back surfaces flattened above juncture with arms; each stile encircled by a decorative groove 3.5" above seat; seven vertical, turned and tapering spindles each with an encircling groove corresponding with those on stiles. S-curved arms with rolled ends, each supported by two tapering spindles, decorated with corresponding grooves. Hollowed U-shaped pine(?) seat with rounded part of back. Stiles and spindles tenoned into back of seat following its rounded outline, stiles and main arm supports being tenoned through seat. Front edge of seat is rounded on upper surface and beveled on lower. Decorative grooves following curved line of spindles at both their inner and outer edges and extending around front of seat at top of rounded edge. Four splayed, bamboo-turned legs tapering at ends. Four bamboo-turned stretchers--front, back and sides. Printed paper label on bottom of seat: "WARRANTED / CHAIRS, / MADE BY / JOSEPH WILDER, / NEW-IPSWICH. / PRICE $2.50" with the figure added in pencil. Evidence of several earlier coats of paint, most recent being yellow-brown graining. Paint worn, chipped and crazed. Bottom of seat painted off-white. Arms birch, front stretchers ash, spindles probably beech, remainder unidentified. Arms tenoned through stiles of back. Several joints loose. Front stretchers worn. Small hole in top of right arm. Pencil inscription on bottom of seat: "LE (?) WHIT[N]EY". Initials "DKP" stamped into bottom of seat.
- Material:
- Wood
Ash
Birch - Dimensions:
- H-33.5 W-22.125 D-21.625 inches
- Provenance:
- Donald K. Packard (1893-1974) summered in New Ipswich, NH, where he collected locally-made furniture and New Hampshire clocks.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Beatrice Joy Packard
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