Category

FURNITURE

Object Name

CHAIR, ARM

Place Made

tidewater Virginia

Date

1770-1780

Materials

not recorded __primary –secondary

Dimensions

[Overall Ht]13 1/2″ to rail __[Overall Wdth]23″ at rail; 35″ at crest

Description

Arm chair with slightly arched crest rail which terminates in backward curved scrolled ears; pierced splat; curvilinear arms; curved arm supports; square legs; stretchers

Object Location

private collection

Photo Number

S-27914

File Location

VT-3-27

History

Inherited by the owner from a cousin; the Anderson family of Portsmouth, Virginia.

Joinery

separate shoe; no pegs at crest but single pegged at rails and stretchers; ears with scrolls

Examined

Frank L. Horton –Bradford L. Rauschenberg –Christine Minter __No __No __04/23/1975