Side Chair
Furniture MakerMade by
Unknown
Date1740-1770
MediumMaple, rush
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (overall height x width x depth): 43 x 22 1/8 x 20 3/4in. (109.2 x 56.2 x 52.7cm)
ClassificationsFurniture
Credit LineMuseum purchase
Object number1969.46.2
DescriptionMaple side chair in the Queen Anne, or late baroque style, with a yoke-shaped crest rail, a vase-shaped splat, turned stretchers and cabriole front legs, and a rush seat. The back of the chair is formed by a yoke-shaped crest rail atop two stiles. The crest rail bows down in the center and has a beveled ridge at each side. Centered below the crest rail is a solid, vase-shaped splat. This attaches at the bottom to a splat shoe, or short horizontal rail, over a full-width rectangular stay rail. The splat shoe and stay rail have molding across the front. Each stile has a molded front, consisting of a projecting semi-circle with a bead to either side; this molding extends from the arched sides of the crest rail down to just below the back seat rail. Above the seat, each stile angles backward. Below the seat, each stile forms a straight leg above a backward-slanting foot. Each cabriole front leg has a turned baluster at the top; each front leg terminates in a pad foot. Above the turned baluster, each front leg has a block that supports the rails of the rush seat, which is trapezoidal in shape. Each side of the chair has one turned stretcher, with a block in the center. The chair has a medial stretcher, connecting the two side stretchers at the block. The back has one plain turned stretcher. The frame is painted black overall.
Condition: The top back of the front left leg has broken off and has been reattached. The black paint is worn from the projecting edges of the splat shoe, the stay rail, the front seat corners, the front knees, and the edial stretcher. The frame is re-painted, and the rush seat is replaced.
Designand Construction Details: The crest rail is supported by a tenon at the top of each stile, each of these joints is secured with a wooden pin. The splat is tenoned into the crest rail above and into the splat shoe and stay rail below; the splat shoe and stay rail are formed from a solid piece of wood. The back edges of the splat are chamfered. The stay rail is tenoned to each stile. Each seat rail is bladelike, with a rounded outer edge and a tapered inner edge. The seat rails have round tenons that extend into the stiles in the back, and into the separate block at the top of each leg in the front; each block has a wooden pin through the front. The back and side stretchers have round tenons that extend into the front or back legs. The medial stretcher has round tenons that extend into the side stretchers; these joints are secured with a nail through the block.
Condition: The top back of the front left leg has broken off and has been reattached. The black paint is worn from the projecting edges of the splat shoe, the stay rail, the front seat corners, the front knees, and the edial stretcher. The frame is re-painted, and the rush seat is replaced.
Designand Construction Details: The crest rail is supported by a tenon at the top of each stile, each of these joints is secured with a wooden pin. The splat is tenoned into the crest rail above and into the splat shoe and stay rail below; the splat shoe and stay rail are formed from a solid piece of wood. The back edges of the splat are chamfered. The stay rail is tenoned to each stile. Each seat rail is bladelike, with a rounded outer edge and a tapered inner edge. The seat rails have round tenons that extend into the stiles in the back, and into the separate block at the top of each leg in the front; each block has a wooden pin through the front. The back and side stretchers have round tenons that extend into the front or back legs. The medial stretcher has round tenons that extend into the side stretchers; these joints are secured with a nail through the block.
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