Side chair

Published/Created:

Massachusetts, United States
ca. 1790–1800

Physical Description:

Height: 37 1/2 in.

Materials:

Mahogany; linen

Notes:

Sack catalogue description: Hepplewhite mahogany upholstered-back side chair, tapered legs with serpentine corner brackets, serpentine seat with bowed sides and bowed crest rail; the chair retains the original linen undercover. An identical chair, apparently of the same set, is in the Henry F. du Pont Winterthur Museum.
Related objects: Book: Charles F. Montgomery, American Furniture: The Federal Period in the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum (New York: Viking Press, 1966), pl. 44.
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Bibliography: Book: American Antiques from Israel Sack Collection, 10 vols. (Washington, D.C.: Highland House Publishers, 1957–1990), vol. 5, p. 1294, pl. P4298.
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YUAG catalogue note: The related side chair in the collection of the Winterthur Museum, Delaware is object 1957.0951.

Variant Titles:

Hepplewhite mahogany upholstered-back side chair

Topics:

Decoration and ornament -- Hepplewhite style
Furniture -- United States

Period/Style:

Federal
Hepplewhite

Culture:

American

Accession Number:

4298

Genre:

side chairs (AAT)

Format:

Image
Physical Object

Content Type:

Furnishings & Decorative Arts
Prints & Photographs

Rights:

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Access Restrictions:

Public

Source Title:

Israel Sack, Inc., Archive

Source Created:

New York, New York, United States
1957–1990

Source Note:

Sack, May 1976
This information is taken from the Israel Sack Furniture Archive and may not reflect current scholarship.

Folder:

Folder Kane 9923 cab1dr1 tiff_complete

Yale Collection:

Yale University Art Gallery

Digital Collection:

Israel Sack Furniture Archive

OID:

10970933

PID:

digcoll:845595