Side Chair Maker: Unknown

ca. 1800

American Decorative Arts

On view, 1st floor, American Decorative Arts before 1900

Flat surface decoration, whether through veneers or fancy painting, was a key ornamental element of Neoclassical furniture. Some of the most stylish furniture was painted, as seen in this excellent example. The vocabulary of Neoclassical ornament includes the fluted urn with swags at the center of the back and the bellflowers trailing down the front legs and the stiles.

Medium

Painted black ash, cherry, and white pine

Dimensions

34 15/16 × 14 1/16 × 16 7/8 in. (88.7 × 35.7 × 42.9 cm)
seat: 16 5/8 × 18 3/4 in. (42.2 × 47.6 cm)

Credit Line

Mabel Brady Garvan Collection

Accession Number

1930.2724

Geography

Made in New York, New York

Culture

American

Period

19th 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
Wallace Nutting, Framingham, Mass. (sale New York, Wanamaker's Sept. 1918); Francis P. Garvan, New York, N.Y.; The Mabel Brady Garvan Collection.
Bibliography
  • Handbook of the Collections, exh. cat. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 1992), 94, ill
  • 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), 182-3, btwn176-7, no. 162, fig. Pl. 13
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
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Object/Work type

side chairs

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