Chair
- Object Name:
- Chair
- Object ID:
- 1939.007.11
- Place of Origin:
- MA or NH
- Date:
- circa 1800
- Description:
- Side Chair. Chippendale, with features transitional to Hepplewhite design, with arched, serpentine crest rail, stiles having rounded backs, and pierced central splat housed in horizontal rail above rush seat. Curly maple front seat rail expands into exposed blocks at ends above legs. Square front legs each with beat at outer corner. Slightly outcurving rear legs, square in section. Four rectangular stretchers--front, sides and back. Four small holes at end of each leg for former casters. Two splits in wood of central splat. Check visible on reverse of lower back rail. Red-brown stain. Materials: probably birch and maple; rush seat.
- Material:
- Wood
Grass - Dimensions:
- H-38 W-19.5 D-18.125 inches
- Provenance:
- Presumed to have descended in the family of Miss Bennett, some of whose ancestors are known to have lived in Essex County, MA, while others lived in Newfields, NH.
- Credit Line:
- Bequest of Helen Champion Bennett
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