Category

FURNITURE

Object Name

CHAIR

Maker/Artist

McKim, Andrew –McKim, Robert

MESDA Craftsman ID Number

AM 24153, RM 24156, 55075

Place Made

Richmond, Virginia

Date

1795-1805

Materials

poplar __primary __seat ||maple __primary __legs and stretchers ||hickory __primary __spindles and crest

Dimensions

[Overall Ht]32 3/4″ seat 15 1/2″ __[Overall Wdth]16 1/2″ seat

Description

fan back Windsor side chair; swelled H stretchers; pommel seat; turned legs and posts; yoke crest.

Object Location

private collection

Photo Number

S-6855

File Location

WI-1-71/VT-55-3

History

Purchased from a Richmond, Virginia estate.

Alterations-Condition

good; some rot at the base; much of the original green paint remains.

Sign/Marks

paper label on underside of seat-unreadable from photo

Joinery

Legs and back posts doweled through and wedged

Examined

Frank L. Horton –Bradford L. Rauschenberg –Edith Culpepper Potter __ __ __03/31/1977