Armchair

CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Armchair
Datec. 1790–1810
Possible placeConnecticut, United States
MediumYellow-poplar, soft maple, elm, ash, birch, and beech
Dimensions37 1/2 × 22 1/2 × 22 1/4 in. (95.3 × 57.2 × 56.5 cm)
Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, gift of Miss Ima Hogg
Object numberB.69.422
Non exposé

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Department
Bayou Bend
Object Type
Description

This continuous-bow Windsor is made in the New York tradition but has less bulbous and bold turnings. The vertical void between the back arm spindle and out-board back spindle is more vertical and less harp-shaped than that of New York chairs of this type.

Technical notes: Yellow-poplar (seat), soft maple (right rear leg, left stretcher), elm (crest rail), ash (spindle fourth from left), birch (left arm support), beech (right arm support).

Book excerpt: David B. Warren, Michael K. Brown, Elizabeth Ann Coleman, and Emily Ballew Neff. American Decorative Arts and Paintings in the Bayou Bend Collection. Houston: Princeton Univ. Press, 1998.



ProvenanceMiss Ima Hogg, by 1943; given to MFAH, by 1969.
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