Doll's Side Chair
Original OwnerOriginally owned by
Elizabeth Camilla Jillson
American, 1826 - 1901
Furniture MakerMade by
Unknown
Date1825-1832
MediumMaple, ash, rush, and yellow and white paint
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (overall height x width x depth): 14 3/16 x 8 7/8 x 7 5/8in. (36 x 22.5 x 19.4cm)
ClassificationsFurniture
Credit LineGift of Mrs. George Leland Nichols
DescriptionYellow-painted doll's side chair with a slat back, turned stiles, front legs, and stretchers, and a rush seat. The back of the chair is formed by three slats between two cylindrical turned stiles; each stile has a rounded top. Each slat is bowed back in the center. The top and bottom slat each have an arched top edge; the middle slat is straight. Below the seat, each stile widens slightly and forms a cylindrical back leg with a tapered foot. Each front leg is also cylindrical with a tapered foot. Each front leg has a flat top and extends slightly higher than the white-painted rush seat, which is trapezoidal in shape. All four sides of the chair have a plain turned stretcher connecting the lower portion of the legs.
Condition: The yellow paint on the chair frame is flaking on the middle slat, the stiles, the front legs, and the stretchers. The white paint on the seat has cracked.
Design and Construction Details: The top slat is tenoned and pinned into each stile; the slats below are tenoned into each stile. Each seat rail is bladelike, with a rounded outer edge and a tapered inner edge. The seat rails and stretchers are tenoned into the legs.
Condition: The yellow paint on the chair frame is flaking on the middle slat, the stiles, the front legs, and the stretchers. The white paint on the seat has cracked.
Design and Construction Details: The top slat is tenoned and pinned into each stile; the slats below are tenoned into each stile. Each seat rail is bladelike, with a rounded outer edge and a tapered inner edge. The seat rails and stretchers are tenoned into the legs.
Object number1953.62.0
NotesHistorical Note: Erastus Salisbury Field (1805-1900) painted Elizabeth Camilla Jillson's portrait in about 1832, and he included this doll chair in the portrait.On View
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