Chair
- Object Name:
- Chair
- Object ID:
- 1947.025.22.5
- Place of Origin:
- New England, possibly NH
- Date:
- circa 1850
- Description:
- Side Chair. "Pillow-top" Hitchcock type, with slightly arched crest rail having long central tablet of almond cross-section flanked by ring turnings; stiles are turned and cylindrical at their bases, each with a decorative band of three rings 5" from seat, above which stiles become rectangular in cross-section with rounded backs; fronts of stiles curve back at top to join with cylindrical ends of crest rail in simulation of rolled crest, stiles and rail ends all being halved to form this juncture. Wide horizontal slat with curved upper edge framed between stiles slightly above center of back; four vertical turned and tapering spindles, each having a vestigial ball turning, extend from seat to central rail. White pine seat with straight, rolled front, slightly rounded back and ogee-curved sides. Roll on front of seat formed by application of strip, with semi-circular cross-section, to bottom of seat's rounded front edge. Stiles and spindles tenoned into back of seat following its slightly rounded outline, stiles being tenoned through seat. Decorative groove following curved line of spindles at their inner edge. Front legs have ring turnings and taper to button feet. Turned cylindrical rear legs tapering at top. Four turned stretchers, front one having central ball-and-ring turning, side and back stretchers all pain and cylindrical. Painted black with red priming coat and yellow striping. Stencilled bowl of fruit in bronze on face of slat with vertical, geometric borders at ends. Traces of stylized flower at tops of stiles and small symmetrical design at center of tablet on crest. Upper surface of seat, except for spindle area and rolled front, is grained in yellows, browns and greens with pattern of segmented swirls; sponged border at front of grained area. Prominent turnings once bronzed, as suggested by slight traces remaining. One of a set of six.
- Material:
- Wood
Pine - Dimensions:
- H-34.5 W-16.75 D-20.125 inches
- Provenance:
- Collected by Mary Thompson (Mason) Tilney (1855-1914), mother of the donor, from farm houses near her summer home in Pleasant Valley, NH (near Wolfeboro) between 1895 and 1913.
- Credit Line:
- The Tilney Collection, Gift of Jessie M. Tilney, in Memory of Robert Fingland Tilney and Mary Mason Tilney
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