SAPFM Museum Furniture Collection

High Chair

High Chair, 1690–1710, Soft maple, ash
Date
1690–1710
Medium
Soft maple, ash
Dimensions
31 x 10 x 10.4 in. (78.7 x 25.4 x 26.5 cm) · max. W 11.1 in. (28.3 cm)
Form
Chair
Origin
Virginia
Museum
Yale University Art Gallery
Accession
1930.2450
Credit line
Mabel Brady Garvan Collection
The stoutness of the uprights and their elongated baluster turnings suggest that this chair was made in the late seventeenth or early eighteenth century. The chair was found in Fredericksburg, Virginia, and may have originated in that area.
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