Side chair, splat-back

Date1730-1780

MediumBirch and rush

DimensionsOH: 41 1/2"; OW: 20"; SD: 15 1/4"

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1959-102

DescriptionSplat-back side chair: yoke cresting rail which merges into tapering, shaped stiles; narrow, vase-shaped splat shaped to follow profile of stiles; splat fitted into rectangular bottom rail molded on front face; balloon seat covered with replacement rush with exposed front corners; blocked, baluster and ring-turned front legs terminating in Spanish feet; rear legs square in section, flaring to rear, and chamfered on inside edges below stretchers; ball, ring, and baluster-turned front stretcher; rectangular side and rear stretchers.

Woods: right stretcher identified as birch by microanalysis.