Chair

Object Name:

Chair

Object ID:

1978.027.06

Creator:

Wilder, Joseph (1787-1825)

Place of Origin:

New Ipswich, NH

Date:

circa 1820

Description:

Side chair. "Step" Windsor type, with bowed crest rail extending beyond stiles at ends; crest rail has straight lower edge and upper edge flat at center and curving down at sides. Turned cylindrical stiles each with front and back surfaces flattened near top and with encircling decorative groove 3.25" above seat. Six vertical, turned and tapering spindles, each with an encircling groove corresponding with those on stiles. Hollowed oval seat of white pine with some horseshoe shaping. Stiles and spindles tenoned into back of seat following its rounded outline, stiles being tenoned through seat. Horseshoe-curved portion of seat has rounded upper edge and beveled lower edge. Decorative grooves following curved line of spindles at their inner edge and extending around front of seat at top of rounded edge. Four splayed, bamboo-turned legs tapered at ends. Four plain, turned stretchers--front, back, and sides--each having two decorative grooves. Printed paper label on bottom of seat: "WARRANTED / CHAIRS, / MADE BY / JOSEPH WILDER, / NEW-IPSWICH. / PRICE $1.50", with the figures added in ink. Has been stripped and stained. Traces of former red and black paint and yellow striping. Front stretcher worn. Handwritten paper auction label, dated 1958, and impressed mark "DKP" on bottom of seat. Small patch at back of seat. Crest probably maple; spindles probably beech; legs and stretchers birch, except for one beech stretcher. Probably maple, birch, beech and white pine. One of a pair.

Material:

Wood
Maple
Birch
Pine

Dimensions:

H-33.75 W-18.625 D-18.5 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

People:

Packard, Donald (1893-1974), Wilder, Joseph (1787-1825)