Detail View: The AMICA Library: Side Chair
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AMICA ID:
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AIC_.1991.266
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AMICA Library Year:
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1998
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Object Type:
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Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
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Creator Nationality:
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North American; American
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Creator Dates/Places:
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North and Central America,North America,United Sta
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Creator Name-CRT:
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North and Central America,North America,United States,Massachusetts,Boston
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Title:
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Side Chair
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Title Type:
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preferred
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View:
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3/4 view
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Creation Date:
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1770/85
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Creation Start Date:
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1770
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Creation End Date:
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1785
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Materials and Techniques:
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Mahogany with oak and maple.
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Classification Term:
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Chair
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Classification Term:
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Furniture
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Classification Term:
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American Art
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Subject Description:
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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.
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Dimensions:
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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.)
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AMICA Contributor:
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The Art Institute of Chicago
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Owner Location:
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Chicago, Illinois, USA
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ID Number:
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1991.266
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Credit Line:
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The Art Institute of Chicago, Helen Bowen Blair Fund
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Inscriptions:
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Incised on rear seat rail:"V" original maple slip seat incised on rear rail:"VIII"
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Rights:
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Related Image Identifier Link:
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AIC_.E34010.TIF
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