1 of set of 3 Side Chairs
Classification:
Date:
1775-90
Medium:
Mahogany
Dimensions:
Overall: 37 x 21 1/2 x 18 in. ( 94 x 54.6 x 45.7 cm )
Description:
Mahogany Federal side chair with serpentine, pierced crestrail and slats pierced and carved with interlaced ribs in loop pattern; trapezoidal slip seat; plain square front legs; rectangular side, rear, and medial stretchers.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Bayard Verplanck
Object Number:
1956.200c
Gallery Label:
According to the accession records, these chairs were used by the Verplanck family.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1775
eMuseum Object ID:
17226
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Side chair
Classification:
Date:
1780-1810
Medium:
Maple
Dimensions:
Overall: 40 1/2 x 18 x 14 in. ( 102.9 x 45.7 x 35.6 cm )
Description:
Turned slat-back side chair with four graduated arched slats between turned stiles with pointed ball finials; below flag seat are front legs with flattened ball-and-reel feet; front stretcher is double-ball-and-disc turned; side and rear stretchers are plain; all painted green.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Irving S. Olds
Object Number:
1963.130
Gallery Label:
Slat-back chairs made in the Delaware River Valley exhibit certain regional characteristics, such as slats arched on both the top and bottom edges, pointed bulb finials, plain tapered stiles, ball-and-double-vase-turned front stretchers, and ball-and-reel feet.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1810
eMuseum Object ID:
17225
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
1 of a Pair of Side Chairs
Classification:
Date:
1820-1850
Medium:
Maple, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 32 x 16 1/2 x 13 1/2 in. ( 81.3 x 41.9 x 34.3 cm )
Description:
Maple side chair painted black with yellow highlights; arched slat crest rail and slat; flattened front faces of stiles; rush seat; turned legs with tapered ends joined by pairs of turned stretchers.
Maple side chair painted black with yellow trim; arched slat crest rail and slat; flattened front faces of stiles; rush seat; on turned legs with tapered ends joined by pairs of turned stretchers.
Credit Line:
Gift of Samuel V. Hoffman
Object Number:
1920.95a
Provenance:
The George W. Nash Collection of Ulster County, New York Household Artifacts
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
17224
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Side chair
Classification:
Date:
1780-1810
Medium:
Mahogany, pine
Dimensions:
Overall: 36 x 22 x 19 in. ( 91.4 x 55.9 x 48.3 cm )
Description:
Mahogany Chippendale side chair; square back with 5 vertical slats, trapezoidal slip seat, square legs with side, rear, and medial stretchers; replaced blocks.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Catherine Augusta De Peyster
Object Number:
1911.89f
Gallery Label:
This chair relates to a group of similar chairs found in Connecticut, New Jersey, Long Island, and Upstate New York.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1810
eMuseum Object ID:
17223
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Side chair
Classification:
Date:
1780-1810
Medium:
Mahogany, pine
Dimensions:
Overall: 36 1/2 x 22 x 21 in. ( 92.7 x 55.9 x 53.3 cm )
Description:
Mahogany Chippendale side chair; square back with 5 vertical slats, trapezoidal slip seat, square legs with side, rear, and medial stretchers; triangular front corner blocks, quarter-round rear blocks.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Catherine Augusta De Peyster
Object Number:
1911.89e
Gallery Label:
This chair relates to a group of similar chairs found in Connecticut, New Jersey, Long Island, and Upstate New York.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1810
eMuseum Object ID:
17222
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
1 of set of 6 Side Chairs
Classification:
Date:
1770-1790
Medium:
Cherry, textile
Dimensions:
Overall: 38 1/4 x 20 1/4 x 18 1/2 in. ( 97.2 x 51.4 x 47 cm )
Description:
Cherry Chippendale side chair; back with double serpentine crest rail with scrolled ears and pierced splat with interlace design; trapezoidal seat upholstered over the rail with red silk damask which is tacked with metal tacks to seat rail; straight, reeded front legs, curved back legs, and rectangular side and medial stretchers.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Benjamin M. Norman
Object Number:
1870.6d.deacc
Gallery Label:
The donor's husband received the set of six chairs from his sister-in-law, a granddaughter of Israel Putnam (1718-1790). As major-general in the Continental Army, Putnam played an important part in the battle of Bunker Hill. The set of chairs was used in the Board Room of the Historical Society's Second Avenue Building during the second half of the nineteenth century.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1790
eMuseum Object ID:
17221
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Side chair
Classification:
Date:
1820-1830
Medium:
Mahogany; mahogany veneer
Dimensions:
Overall: 33 1/2 x 19 x 20 in. ( 85.1 x 48.3 x 50.8 cm )
Description:
Mahogany neoclassical klismos-style side chair; scroll back with scrolled tablet-shaped crest rail with horizontal veneered splat below; trapezoidal slip seat with caned seat below (upholstery and caning modern); saber front legs with raked rear legs.
Credit Line:
Gift of Estelle de Peyster Hosmer
Object Number:
1945.123a
Gallery Label:
Belonged to Frederic de Peyster (1790-1882), 76 University Place, New York City.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1830
eMuseum Object ID:
17219
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Seat
Classification:
Date:
1750-1850
Medium:
Hickory, whalebone
Dimensions:
Overall: 19 5/8 x 22 1/4 x 18 in. ( 49.8 x 56.5 x 45.7 cm )
Description:
Seat made of whale's vertebra; hickory spindles fashioned into windsor-type back with curved crest rail and arms.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number:
1947.261
Gallery Label:
According to the accession records, this chair was probably used as a boat seat.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
17218
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Child's rocking chair
Classification:
Date:
1860-1890
Medium:
Poplar, caning
Dimensions:
Overall: 27 1/2 x 15 x 24 in. ( 69.9 x 38.1 x 61 cm )
Description:
Child's poplar rocking chair with mahogany stain and caned seat and back; scalloped crest rail and stile with undulating curve that continues in scrolled arm; turned front legs joined by turned stretcher, rectangular rear legs, two plain, round stretchers on either side, and one plain, round stretcher in back.
Credit Line:
Gift of Dr. Samuel White Patterson
Object Number:
1943.291
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1890
eMuseum Object ID:
17216
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Child's rocking chair
Classification:
Date:
1825-1850
Medium:
Oak, rush, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 19 3/4 x 13 1/8 x 16 1/8 in. ( 50.2 x 33.3 x 41 cm )
Description:
Child's oak rocking chair with traces of original paint; back with curved and rounded crest rail with ring turnings flanking cylindrical centerpiece and two rectangular slats; straight arms with tapering profile on turned arm supports; trapezoidal rush seat; straight legs that taper slightly on bottom joined by plain, round front, side, and back stretchers; rockers joined to legs.
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Nora Durand Woodman
Object Number:
1932.129
Gallery Label:
According to information provided by the donor, this child's rocking chair was used by the Durand family for over one hundred years.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
17215
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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