COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
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AMICO~1~1
The AMICA Library
Collection
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AMICA ID:
AIC_.1991.266
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AIC_.1991.266
AMICA ID
false
AMICA Library Year:
1998
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1998
AMICA Library Year
false
Object Type:
Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
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Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
Object Type
false
Creator Nationality:
North American; American
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North American; American
Creator Nationality
false
Creator Dates/Places:
North and Central America,North America,United Sta
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North and Central America,North America,United Sta
Creator Dates/Places
false
Creator Name-CRT:
North and Central America,North America,United States,Massachusetts,Boston
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North and Central America,North America,United States,Massachusetts,Boston
Creator Name-CRT
false
Title:
Side Chair
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Side Chair
Title
false
Title Type:
preferred
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preferred
Title Type
false
View:
3/4 view
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3/4 view
View
false
Creation Date:
1770/85
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1770/85
Creation Date
false
Creation Start Date:
1770
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1770
Creation Start Date
false
Creation End Date:
1785
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1785
Creation End Date
false
Materials and Techniques:
Mahogany with oak and maple.
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Mahogany with oak and maple.
Materials and Techniques
false
Classification Term:
Chair
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Chair
Classification Term
false
Classification Term:
Furniture
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Furniture
Classification Term
false
Classification Term:
American Art
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American Art
Classification Term
false
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.
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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.
Subject Description
false
Dimensions:
93.3 x 54.6 x 44.8 cm (36 3/4 x 21 1/2 x 17 5/8 in.)
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93.3 x 54.6 x 44.8 cm (36 3/4 x 21 1/2 x 17 5/8 in.)
Dimensions
false
AMICA Contributor:
The Art Institute of Chicago
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The Art Institute of Chicago
AMICA Contributor
false
Owner Location:
Chicago, Illinois, USA
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Chicago, Illinois, USA
Owner Location
false
ID Number:
1991.266
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1991.266
ID Number
false
Credit Line:
The Art Institute of Chicago, Helen Bowen Blair Fund
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The Art Institute of Chicago, Helen Bowen Blair Fund
Credit Line
false
Inscriptions:
Incised on rear seat rail:"V" original maple slip seat incised on rear rail:"VIII"
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Incised on rear seat rail:"V" original maple slip seat incised on rear rail:"VIII"
Inscriptions
false
Rights:
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<a href="http://www.artic.edu/aic/rights/main.rights.html"target="_new">http://www.artic.edu/aic/rights/main.rights.html</a>
Rights
false
Related Image Identifier Link:
AIC_.E34010.TIF
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AIC_.E34010.TIF
Related Image Identifier Link
false