Chair

Title:

Chippendale-style Chair with Silk Fabric

Object Name:

Chair

Creator:

Unknown

Date:

circa1780

Material:

Wood, silk, horsehair

Dimensions:

H-4.75 L-21 Dia-7 inches
seat pad: depth14.5"
Height to seat bottom 16"
Front seat rail;3"

Description:

Side chair, Chippendale-style, with a carved yoke-shaped top rail and an intricately pierced splat. The legs are straight with carved reeding (yoke-shaped in cross section) and there is an H-stretcher. The seat is trapezoid-shaped and covered with a green damask silk fabric. wood is dark cherry or mahogany. The corner blocks that suppoert the seat have been replaced.
This is one of a pair of nearly identical chairs. See1988.038

Provenance:

Unknown Provenance.

The Chippendale style refers to the various styles of furniture fashionable in the third quarter of the eighteenth century and named after English cabinetmaker Thomas Chippendale. This was the first style of furniture in England named after a cabinetmaker, rather than a monarch. Chippendale became the most famous name in the history of English furniture at a time when such craftsmanship was at its zenith.
In 1754, Thomas Chippendale published a book of his designs, titled "The Gentleman and Cabinet Maker's Director." The designs are regarded as reflecting the current London fashion for furniture for that period and were used by other cabinet makers outside London. Chippendale designs fall into three main styles: Gothic, Rococo, and Chinese.

Subjects:

Chair, Household, Dining

Place of Origin:

Unknown

Collection Name:

Society of the Cincinnati in the State of New Hampshire

Item Number:

1988.039

Accession Number:

1988.039

Type of Material:

Objects

Copyright Statement:

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Credit Line:

American Independence Museum

Participating Organization:

American Independence Museum