Side Chair
Decorative Arts and Design
MEDIUM
Ebonized cherry, modern upholstery
DATES
ca. 1880
DIMENSIONS
28 x 20 x 19 in. (71.1 x 50.8 x 48.3 cm) (show scale)
MARKINGS
Unmarked
COLLECTIONS
Decorative Arts and Design
ACCESSION NUMBER
2011.46.31
CREDIT LINE
Gift of Robert Tuggle
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
Low, square side chair with turned, spiral carved front legs and shallow carving on back splat. Low chair, square back splat with three arched openings at center, with two, narrow, spiral vertical columns at center and one on each side. Upper section of back splat with light, shallow, floral and acanthus leaf carving, applied arched pediment with carving. Wide, square seat, slightly flaring outward at front; side rails shallow carved with ridge design; thick, rectangular, lower front rail, shallow carved in same pattern as back. Front legs consist of two short, carved spiral design legs with round disc feet, rear legs are straight with slight backwards slant. Modern floral upholstery.
Condition: Good, with small area of loss on pediment, minor nicks to some carving. Upholstery stained and torn.
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is not on view
CAPTION
Side Chair, ca. 1880. Ebonized cherry, modern upholstery, 28 x 20 x 19 in. (71.1 x 50.8 x 48.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Robert Tuggle, 2011.46.31. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.2011.46.31.jpg)
IMAGE
overall, CUR.2011.46.31.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2011
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