Side chair : detail of crest

Published/Created:: Newport, Newport county, Rhode Island, United States
ca. 1750–1760
Physical Description:: Height: 40 1/2 in.
Materials:: walnut
Notes:: Sack catalogue description: Queen Anne walnut side chair of stately proportion and choice modeling, carved shell in bold relief, vase-shaped splat; platformed pad feet with scribed line carving. To our knowledge this is the first appearance of this rare foot detail on a distinctive Newport form, although a small number of Massachusetts pieces display this feature.
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Bibliography: Book: American Antiques from Israel Sack Collection, 10 vols. (Washington, D.C.: Highland House Publishers, 1957–1990), vol. 3, p. 744, pl. P3377.
Variant Titles:: Queen Anne walnut side chair
Topics:: Decoration and ornament -- Queen Anne style
Furniture -- United States
Period/Style:: Queen Anne
Culture:: American
Accession Number:: 3377
Genre:: side chairs (AAT)
Format:: Image
Physical Object
Content Type:: Furnishings & Decorative Arts
Prints & Photographs
Rights:: The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement
Access Restrictions:: Public
Source Title:: Israel Sack, Inc., Archive
Source Created:: New York, New York, United States
1957–1990
Source Note:: Sack, September 1971
This information is taken from the Israel Sack Furniture Archive and may not reflect current scholarship.
Folder:: Folder 9689 box 1 tiff_complete
Yale Collection:: Yale University Art Gallery
Digital Collection:: Israel Sack Furniture Archive
oid pointer:: 10982289
OID:: 11874049
PID:: digcoll:1024734