Side Chair

Date1755-1785

MediumBlack walnut and yellow pine

DimensionsOH: 36 34/"; OW: 20"; OD: 17 1/8"

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1933-40,1

DescriptionSplat back sidechair with shallow yoke cresting rail with slightly shaped stiled, flat on front and rounded at rear; plain, vertical pierced splat set in high, plain shoe; "square" seat molded on upper edge; front legs "square" in section, molded on outer edge; rear legs "square" in section, chamfered on inner edge and flaring to rear; four rectangular stretchers, two side, one rear, and one medial.

Woods: Primary: black walnut; Secondary: Southern yellow pine slip seat frames.
Markingsmarked "LIV" on slip seat frame and upper edge of left seat rail.