Side Chair

Name

Side Chair

Brief description

Chippendale style side chair with flared ears, pierced splat, slip seat, straight legs. Bow shaped crest rail. Rear of splat and seat flush. Vasiform pierced splat, tenoned to raised molded shoe. Rear posts tapered to top, slight outwards flare. Posts raked inwards and backwards at knee, chamfered inner corner. Side and front rails rabbetted for slip seat. Front legs squared. H stretchers, with raised rear stretcher, rectangular. Paper label with script ink "of my great-grandfather/Nicholas Jenks of North Brookfield, Mass/_____" located rear slip seat rail underside.

Dimensions note

Ht: 36 3/8" (92.3 cm); Ht (seat): 16 1/8" (40.9 cm); Ht (stretcher): 5 1/4" (13.4 cm); W (seat front): 19 3/4" (50.2 cm); W (seat rear): 15 3/4" (40 cm); D: 16" (40.6 cm).

Material

cherry

Production date

ca.1780-1800

Production place

Worcester