Description:
Chippendale mahogany side chair with white pine triangular corner blocks and slip seat frame. The scrolled crest rail has a carved shell in the center and fluted ears, over a pierced, carved, and scrolled baluster or "owl-eye" splat with two volutes. This style of back splat was the most popular type used on New England Chippendale chairs. The trapezoidal slip seat is upholstered with gold wool damask. The front cabriole legs end in ball feet with raked back side claws (with an eastern Massachusetts tendency of raked side claws - the side claws angling off to the rear); and the slightly flared, rear legs are chamfered above the turned, compressed stretchers. The corner blocks are both glued and nailed to the seat rails, a technique characteristic of eastern Massachusetts chairs that is one of the easiest and least-expensive/lasting methods of chair frame construction. The chair has a brass plate impressed: "WESTING, EVANS and EGMORE Inc/ PHILADELPHIA, PENNA.".
Subjects:
Textile fabrics; Brass; Mahogany Link to share this object record:
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