Chair

Object Name:

Chair

Object ID:

1956.273

Place of Origin:

New England

Date:

1750-1800

Description:

Arm Chair. "Banister-back" type, with crest rail framed between stiles of back and having curving upper edge including two arches at center; turned stiles with ball, ring, baluster and cylindrical elements above lower back rail; cylindrical section below continuous with leg; turned finials of ball-and-button type supported on narrow end of cone-like element; five split balusters, flat on front and rounded on reverse, repeating turnings of stiles; balusters supported on horizontal rail above splint seat rail having molded face. Both back rails planed on reverse to thin edges for insertion into stiles, front surfaces remaining straight. Outward flaring arms, rectilinear in section, with downcurving terminals; blocks, integral with arms, projecting below them at juncture with baluster-turned arm supports which are continuations of the cylindrical front legs. Cylindrical rear legs. Seven plain, cylindrical stretchers--two at front, two on each side, one at back. Splint seat, probably ash. Painted black and decorated with gold stripes; evidence of earlier red paint. Metal casters added, at which time legs were probably cut somewhat. The present painted decoration is of the type referred to as "in the nineteenth-century coach-painting tradition (Fales)."

Material:

Wood

Dimensions:

H-45 W-23.875 D-21.25 inches

Credit Line:

Gift of Margaret H. Jewell