Side chair, splat-back

Date1740-1770

Mediumwalnut, beech and rush

DimensionsOH: 38" H(seat): 17 3/4"; OW: 20"; OD: 17"

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1967-439

DescriptionSplat-back side chair; yoked crest rail with carved scroll at either end of raised center; slightly tapered rectangular stiles, flat in front and rounded at rear; tapering splat with two rows of vertical piercing set into molded shoe; square seat frame with rounded upper edge; rush slip seat with exposed walnut veneer on beech at corners; cabriole front legs with shaped brackets at knees terminating in high pad feet; blocked and cylindrically turned rear legs flaring to rear at base; tapering cylindrical side stretchers blocked at rear; serpentine medial stretcher, round on top, flat on bottom; cylindrical rear stretcher.