SAPFM Museum Furniture Collection

Armchair

Armchair, 1720–50, Maple, ash
Date
1720–50
Medium
Maple, ash
Dimensions
43.5 x 16.5 x 15.9 in. (110.5 x 41.9 x 40.4 cm) · max. W 21.5 in. (54.6 cm)
Form
Chair
Origin
New England
Museum
Yale University Art Gallery
Accession
1971.15.1
Credit line
Gift of Mrs. Paul H. Moore
With its prominent fan-carved crest rail, lower-rail lunette, vase-shaped bannisters, and ball-and-reel finials, this rurally made armchair blends salient elements of the new Baroque style into a traditional spindle-turned chair. The large fan-shaped crest rails often occur in New Hampshire chairs of this period.
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