Collection Highlights
"Why Don't You Speak for Yourself, John?"
Date:
Object Number:
PR.031.3
Medium:
Chromolithograph card
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Side chair
Object Number:
1963.95a
Date:
1762-1780
Medium:
Mahogany; pine
Dimensions:
Overall: 36 1/4 x 21 x 22 in. ( 92.1 x 53.3 x 55.9 cm )
Description:
Mahogany Chippendale side chair;, serpentine crest rail with ears, pierced splat composed of elongated c-scrolls with ribbed carving, with a central carved rosette; trapezoidal slip seat; cabriole front legs with ball and claw feet, chamfered rear legs; turned side and medial stretchers.
Gallery Label:
This design is derived from plate XVI of Chippendale's Director of 1762. A chair with this splat pattern appears on Copley's Portrait of Joseph Hooper, at the Baltimore Museum of Art.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Irving S. Olds
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
