Chair

Object Name:

Chair

Object ID:

1978.027.05

Creator:

Wilder, Josiah P. (1801-1873)

Place of Origin:

New Ipswich, NH

Date:

1840-1845

Description:

Side chair. "Scroll seat" Windsor type, with bowed crest rail extending beyond stiles at ends and having arched upper and lower edges. Turned cylindrical stiles, the front and back surfaces of which are flattened for upper 1.5". Five vertical turned and tapering spindles. White pine seat rolled up at back and down at front with ogee curved sides; seat constructed in three pieces. Spindles tenoned into top of rolled back of seat; stiles are longer than spindles and are tenoned through main surface of seat. Four turned legs, front ones having flattened ball and ring turnings and tapered feet, back ones plain and tapered at ends. Four turned stretchers--front, back and sides--plain except for front stretcher which has central turnings, exceptionally flat in nature. Branded mark on bottom of seat: "J. P. WILDER / WARRANTED", upper case letters. Painted black with red graining of rosewood and/or tortoiseshell type; yellow striping; ball and ring turnings of legs painted black; painted yellow design on crest rail composed of S-curved elements. Paint worn, especially on top of seat, front stretcher and vertical members of back. Bottom surface of seat painted red except in rectangular area around brand. Front stretcher ash. Joints loose in back. Back of crest, above left stile, split and repaired. Some checks in seat. Birch, ash and white pine. One of a pair.

Material:

Wood
Birch
Ash
Pine

Dimensions:

H-34.25 W-17.625 D-18.625 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

People:

Packard, Donald (1893-1974), Wilder, Josiah P. (1801-1873)