Chair

Collection Type

  • Furniture

Date

1710-1735

GUSN

GUSN-72448

Description

Side chair. Poplar posts; ash seat rails and stretchers; maple banisters, crest, and splat rail. Bannister back with columnar stiles surmounted by crest with s-scrolls and vegetal carving. Swelled and ring-and-ball-turned stiles with ball-and-knob-turned finials. Replaced rush seat. Block-and-baluster turned legs. Five ball-turned stretchers.

Details

Descriptive Terms

chairs (furniture forms)
ash (wood)
maple (wood)
painting (coating)
poplar (wood)
maple (wood)
William and Mary
Chair

Associated Building

Original to Codman House (Lincoln, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Location of Origin

MA, Boston-Salem area; Boston, MA; Salem, MA

Dimensions

48 7/8 x 19 x 16 1/4 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Bequest of Dorothy S.F.M. Codman

Accession Number

1969.635

Places

Massachusetts (United States)

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