Armchair
Decorative Arts and Design
MANUFACTURER
Phoenix Furniture Co., 1872–1953
MEDIUM
Oak, cane
DATES
designed 1894; manufactured 1894–ca.1915
DIMENSIONS
34 1/2 x 24 x 23 5/8 in. (87.6 x 61 x 60 cm) (show scale)
MARKINGS
Unmarked
COLLECTIONS
Decorative Arts and Design
ACCESSION NUMBER
2011.42
CREDIT LINE
Gift of Maureen Cassidy-Geiger, James and Lily Geiger
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
Square frame chair with caned back and seat and flat horizontal armrests. Chair with square caned seat and back, with four, long, thin, square legs, arms consist of a single flat, thick armrest on each side, support for each armrest is a single vertical baton at a 25 degree angle attached at front and back to chair leg; curved apron at front and back, two thin vertical spindles under arms rests on each side. Underside beneath seat with four decorative curved blocks attached with single, metal flat head screw; two central horizontal stretchers attached to side stretcher. Wood stained dark brown.
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is not on view
CAPTION
David Wolcott Kendall (American, 1851–1910). Armchair, designed 1894; manufactured 1894–ca.1915. Oak, cane, 34 1/2 x 24 x 23 5/8 in. (87.6 x 61 x 60 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Maureen Cassidy-Geiger, James and Lily Geiger, 2011.42. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.2011.42.jpg)
IMAGE
overall, CUR.2011.42.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2011
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