Side Chair Maker: Unknown

1670–1710

American Decorative Arts

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

This chair, with multiball turnings on its legs, back posts, spindles, and stretchers, illustrates the impact of Dutch traditions on the styles of chairs made in the New York area. Many chairs of this type have been found in the Hudson River Valley and New Jersey, where the Dutch settled in 1624 and continued to be a strong cultural force well after the political rule of the area was taken over by the British in 1664.

Medium

European or American cherry, European walnut, European or American ash, hickory

Dimensions

30 11/16 × 13 × 13 3/8 in. (77.9 × 33 × 34 cm)
other (Back post): 34 1/8 in. (86.7 cm)
seat: 16 3/8 in. (41.6 cm)

Credit Line

Mabel Brady Garvan Collection

Accession Number

1930.2291

Geography

Made in New Jersey

Culture

American

Period

17th–18th 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.

Bibliography
  • Dennis Andrew Carr, American Colonial Furniture: Guide to the Collection, exh. cat. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 2004), 3, 16, fig. 4
  • 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), 32-33, no. 5, ill
  • John T. Kirk, "Sources of Some American Regional Furniture," Antiques 88 (December 1965), 798, fig. 18
  • Wallace Nutting, Furniture Treasury, 1st ed., 3 vols. (Framingham, Mass.: Old American Company Publishers, 1928–33), fig. 2086
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
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Object/Work type

side chairs

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