Armchair

CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Armchair
  • Sack-back Windsor Armchair
Datec. 1785–1800
Made inRhode Island, United States
MediumSoft maple, white oak, ash, and hickory
Dimensions37 3/4 × 22 1/2 × 22 1/4 in. (95.9 × 57.2 × 56.5 cm)
Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, gift of Miss Ima Hogg
Object numberB.69.423
Current Location
Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens
Glazed Porch
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Department
Bayou Bend
Object Type
Description

The balloon-shape contour of the bent back is an unusual feature in sack-back armchairs. A similar design is used on a group of Rhode Island bow-back side chairs, and the lower leg turnings with inward curve also conform to Rhode Island design.

Technical notes: Soft maple (seat), white oak (arm and crest rails), ash (legs, stretchers, spindles), hickory (right-hand rest, replaced).

Related examples: For related bow-back side chairs, see Evans 1996, p. 277, fig. 6–75; Santore 1987, p. 136, no. 140. 

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.


ProvenanceLouis Guerineau Myers (1874–1932), New York; consigned to [American Art Association, Anderson Art Galleries, Louis Guerineau Myers sale, New York, February 25, 1921, lot 469]; purchased by William C. Hogg (1875–1930), Houston, 1921; bequeathed to his sister, Miss Ima Hogg, 1930, given to MFAH, 1969.
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