Description:
Chippendale side chair in mahogany with a trapezoidal slip-seat frame covered with new mustard-colored wool. The scrolled crest rail has a molded top edge with scrolled molding around the ears; over a Gothic-patterned pierced splat with a chamfered back; beading on the top edge of the seat rails and down the corners of the two front, square legs; and plain rectangular, compressed stretchers. The square Chippendale leg, which gradually superseded the cabriole leg in New England, was in wide use from 1770 on; it was easier and cheaper to manufacture as were the rectangular stretchers, which were generally used with the square leg.
Subjects:
Textile fabrics; Mahogany; Wool Link to share this object record:
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