Side Chair Maker: Wallace Nutting (American, 1861–1941)

1917–36

American Decorative Arts

On view, 3rd floor, Modern and Contemporary Art and Design
Medium

Maple and ash

Dimensions

46 7/8 × 16 1/8 × 16 1/2 in. (119.1 × 41 × 41.9 cm)
other (Back post): 49 3/4 in. (126.4 cm)
seat: 18 1/8 × 21 7/8 in. (46 × 55.6 cm)

Credit Line

Bequest of Professor Shepard Stevens, B.F.A. 1922, M.A. (Hon.) 1930

Accession Number

1963.28.9

Geography

Framingham, Massachusetts

Culture

American

Period

20th century

Classification

Furniture

Disclaimer

Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of records is ongoing.

Provenance
Bequest of Shepherd Stevens, B.A. 1922 (d. 1962), New Haven, Conn.
Bibliography
  • Patricia E. Kane, 300 Years of American Seating Furniture Chairs and Beds from the Mabel Brady Garvan and Other Collections at Yale University (Boston: New York Graphic Society, 1976), 265-266, no. 251, ill
  • Douglass Scott, Joan Ketter, and Michael Boodro, The American Clock, 1725–1865, Forgeries and Restorations in American Furniture: Two Yale Student Exhibitions, May 18–June 28, 1974, exh. cat. (New Haven, Conn.: Garvan Furniture Study, May 18–June 28, 1974), n.p., no. 6
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

side chairs

Inscriptions

Branded on the underside of the rear stretcher: "WALLACE NUTTING".

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