Side chairs, pair

Published/Created:
New York, United States
ca. 1750–1760
Physical Description:
Height: 39 in.
Materials:
Cherry
Notes:
Sack catalogue description: Pair of Queen Anne cherry claw-and-ball foot side chairs, acanthus-carved knees with crosshatched centers in the manner of Gilbert Ash, vase splats; wavy stiles and carved yoke crest rails. See Downs, American Furniture, pl. 105, for a chair of this form.
Related objects: Book: Joseph Downs, American Furniture: Queen Anne and Chippendale Periods, in the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum (New York: Macmillan, 1952), pl.105.
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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. 1125, pl. P3686.
Variant Titles:
Pair of Queen Anne cherry claw-and-ball foot side chairs
Topics:
Decoration and ornament -- Queen Anne style
Furniture -- United States
Period/Style:
Queen Anne
Culture:
American
Accession Number:
3686
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, 1974
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:
10982305
PID:
digcoll:846066