Side Chair

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Side Chair
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Side Chair
Datec. 1815–1820
Made inNew York , New York, United States
MediumMahogany and mahogany veneer; with ash and white oak
Dimensions32 1/8 × 18 1/8 × 19 1/2 in. (81.6 × 46 × 49.5 cm)
Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, gift of Miss Ima Hogg
Object numberB.63.22.2
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Department
Bayou Bend
Object Type
Description

With the wide tablet that extends over the stiles, this model follows more closely ancient prototypes than the more common model of New York chairs with spread-wing eagle stays (see B.69.87.1–.2). The placement of the legs, set back from the front seat rail, is an unusual feature, as is the combination of spread-wing eagle and cornucopia on the stay rail.

Technical notes: Mahogany, mahogany veneer; ash (front and rear seat rails, slip seat side rails), white oak (slip seat front and rear rails).

Related examples: Tracy and Gerdts 1963, no. 40, has a similar scrolled tablet top. Others have eagles and cornucopia: Anderson Galleries, New York, Lawton sale 2214. January 6–7, 1928, lot 42; Sack 1969–92, vol. 7, p. 1974, no. P5231, vol. 2, p. 444, no. 1108 (similar set-back to legs).

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.


Provenance[Carl and Celia Jacobs, Southwick, Massachusetts]; purchased by Miss Ima Hogg, 1963; given to MFAH.

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