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Item
Side chair
CIS Survey ID
CIS-2013-1039
Object Type
Furniture
Date Created
1840 - 1855
Place of Manufacture
England or United States
Size
49 1/4" x 19" x 24"
Material
Undetermined diffuse-porous hardwood; light hardwood (possibly maple or alder); walnut; brass; iron; steel
Upholstery
Replaced. Complex woven synthetic fiber or wool-synthetic blend secured to frame by many large brass upholstery tacks. Underside of seat has webbing (possibly jute) visible through modern black synthetic cover attached to seat bottom with steel staples. Upholstery once covered more of blocks of leg into which front seat rail is tenoned (tack holes visible here). Subsequent upholstery campaign left tack holes visible on inner perimeter of upper stiles of chair back's frame. Upholstery on rear is a plain woven peachy-tan fabric.
Marks/Inscription/Labels
None
Accessories/Hardware
Brass upholstery tacks, possibly from later upholstery campaign. Small iron upholstery tacks found in panel back, and embedded in block of proper right front leg. Steel springs in seat. Screws and iron plates used to repair break to crest.
Surface Treatments
Stained, with natural resin finish.
Condition
Overall good condition. Break in crest repaired, but loss to proper left side of crest. Joints of legs below seat loose.
Media Type
image/jp2
Description
Tall, rectilinear, straight back side chair with block and turned legs with shaped stiles of maple or alder (with baluster and trumpet or cup-like turning) connected by front, medial, and side baluster, shaped and turned stretchers; plain turned stretcher at lower rear. Rear stiles in two parts: upper section cants back and is shaped and turned, joining block in seat with a dowel; bottom section is separately turned and shaped and also doweled into block. This central block in seat also receives seat rails on sides and back likely via tenon joint. Turning profile on left is clockwise; on right, counterclockwise. Panel back tenoned into stay rail and elaborately carved walnut crest, which tenons into blocks of stiles above and below. Florid, deep foliate scroll and shell carving on walnut crest and perimeter of back. Joinery appears to be cut by hand, with scribe lines visible on blocks to position cuts of mortise on rear stiles where stretchers connect. Secondary woods of seat frame obscured by upholstery. Feet are original. Spring-upholstered seat with modern cover.
Physical Location
Gulf Coast (U.S.)
Date Surveyed
2013-07-12
Source
Classical Institute of the South at The Historic New Orleans Collection
Repository
The Historic New Orleans Collection (http://www.hnoc.org)
Disclaimer
The information contained in the Gulf South Decorative and Fine Arts Database was collected in the year referenced under Date Captured". The Classical Institute of the South will update object records with new information to the best of its ability but does not guarantee that data contained within the records is current.
Digital Collection
Gulf South Decorative and Fine Arts Database
Contact Information
Contact the Historic New Orleans Collection for more information about use and reproduction. louisquery@hnoc.org
Credit
Gulf South Decorative and Fine Arts Database, Classical Institute of the South at The Historic New Orleans Collection.
Rights
Physical rights are retained by The Historic New Orleans Collection. Copyright is retained in accordance with US copyright laws. The information and images in the Gulf South Decorative and Fine Arts Database may be used for non-commercial and educational purposes, but they must be accompanied by the “Credit” statement above.
Type of Resource
still image
Type of Resource
three dimensional object
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