North and Central America,North America,United States,Massachusetts,Boston / Side Chair / 1770/85

North and Central America,North America,United States,Massachusetts,Boston
Side Chair
1770/85
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Creator Nationality: North American; American
Creator Dates/Places: North and Central America,North America,United Sta
Creator Active Place: North and Central America,North America,United Sta
Creator Name-CRT: North and Central America,North America,United States,Massachusetts,Boston
Title: Side Chair
Title Type: preferred
View: 3/4 view
Creation Start Date: 1770
Creation End Date: 1785
Creation Date: 1770/85
Object Type: Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
Classification Term: Chair
Classification Term: Furniture
Classification Term: American Art
Materials and Techniques: Mahogany with oak and maple.
Dimensions: 93.3 x 54.6 x 44.8 cm (36 3/4 x 21 1/2 x 17 5/8 in.)
Inscriptions: Incised on rear seat rail:"V" original maple slip seat incised on rear rail:"VIII"
AMICA Contributor: The Art Institute of Chicago
Owner Location: Chicago, Illinois, USA
ID Number: 1991.266
Credit Line: The Art Institute of Chicago, Helen Bowen Blair Fund
Rights: http://www.artic.edu/aic/rights/main.rights.html
Subject Description: Mahogany primary wood with oak back rail, maple back corner blocks and maple slip seat frame; two cabriole front legs with asymmetrical scroll and leaf carving on knees and brackets and terminating in hairy paw (5 front toes and one back toe) on flattened ball; back legs square in section and rounded corners and flaring to rear; shield-shaped splat cut with interlaced design and lozenge; splat fitted into one piece shoe; crest rail of central curve flanked by serpentine shape at each side; oak back rail with mahogany veneer (rail incised with 'V'); oak back rail with mahogany veneer.
AMICA ID: AIC_.1991.266
AMICA Library Year: 1998
Media Metadata Rights: Copyright The Art Institute of Chicago, 1998

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