Armchair, splat back, one of set

Date1765-1785

MediumMahogany and yellow pine

DimensionsOH: 39 1/2"; OW: 27 1/2"; OD:18 1/2"

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1953-567,6

DescriptionArmchair, splat-back; serpentine cresting with central pierced circle; pierced, interlaced splat; straight seat rails with molded upper edge; slip seats original to chairs; straight front legs, square in cross-section and with molded outer edge and chamfered inner edge; back legs square in cross-section and flare to rear; side, rear, and medial stretchers rectangular in cross-section; note: side rails of seat are not mortised through back legs: arms on #6 boldly scrolled, terminating in deeply carved knuckles with central molding of a series of graduated carved ovals, and curved, uncarved arm supports.

Woods: Primary: mahogany; Secondary: Southern pine seat frame, original slip seats, and some corner blocks (for details of corner blocks see Memo of August 25,1967)
MarkingsFor Roman numerals on chairs and slip seats, see Memorandum of August 25,1967 by Milo M. Naeve in O.F.
ProvenanceHistory of ownership by Mordecai Gist (1743-1792), Captain and later Brigadier General of Maryland line in the American Revolution; resident of Baltimore before the Revolution and South Carolina after the Revolution. Trunk 1953-833, and forks and knives 1953-834, 1-6 and 1953-835, 1-6 descended in the same family.