Chair
- Object Name:
- Chair
- Object ID:
- 1947.010.03
- Creator:
- Sweat, Samuel (1744-1792)
Cabinetmaker - Place of Origin:
- Kingston, NH
- Date:
- 1774-1781
- Description:
- Side Chair. Attributed to Samuel Sweat (1744-1792), Kingston, NH, c. 1780. Country Chippendale style, cherry. Plain bow-shaped crest rail, square stiles and pierced, vase-shaped, central splat housed in horizontal rail above rush seat (probably a replacement seat). Plain ears. Front seat rail expands into exposed blocks at ends above legs. Square front legs each with bead at outer corner and broad chamfer on inner corner. Square, outcurving rear legs chamfered on inner corners, with front surfaces cut back at angle below side stretchers. Four rectangular stretchers, top of front and side stretchers having a bead at outer edge, back stretcher plain. Front stretcher well worn. Pegged construction. Two labels with accession information on inside of back legs at top, "Chair of J. Bartlett".
- Material:
- Wood
Grass
Cherry - Dimensions:
- H-39.375 W-21.375 D-18.5 inches
- Provenance:
- Chair belonged to Josiah Bartlett, the Signer.Given in memory of his great-granddaughter, Levietta Bartlett Conner, by her daughter, Edna Bartlett Conner Watt.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Edna Bartlett Conner Watt, In Memory of Levietta Bartlett Conner
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