Armchair

Date1650 - 1700

MediumAsh and rush

DimensionsOH: 41 1/2"; SH: 13 3/4"; OW: 22 1/2"; OD: 17 1/2"; SD: 14 3/4"

Credit LineBequest of Elizabeth Ridgely Blagojevich.

Object number1991-387

DescriptionArmchair or Great Chair; turned cylindrical rear posts with ball half way up the back and bulbous compressed ball and ring finials topped by acorn like element; cylindrical front posts with ball above seat and ball finial; thin cylindrical arm tennoned into posts; back composed of three horizontal rails, top rail turned, three turned balusters between lower two rails; rush seat; cylindrical double front, single side and rear stretchers.