Side chair

Published/Created:: Philadelphia, Philadelphia county, Pennsylvania, United States
ca. 1750–1760
Physical Description:: Height: 42 1/4 in.
Materials:: walnut
Notes:: Sack catalogue description: Queen Anne walnut side chair, the back is superbly modeled with rounded undulating stiles and crest centered by shell and scrolled volutes, the vase-shaped splat has an openwork pattern with acanthus carving; the cabriole legs have shell-carved knees while the knee brackets are acanthus-carved with scrolled voluted terminals, light golden color. Ex-collection Mr. and Mrs. Mitchel Taradash.
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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. 1289, pl. P4212. Journal/Periodical: The Magazine Antiques (June 1946): p. 358.
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:: 4212
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, May 1976
This information is taken from the Israel Sack Furniture Archive and may not reflect current scholarship.
Folder:: Folder 10319 cab2dr2 tiff_complete
Yale Collection:: Yale University Art Gallery
Digital Collection:: Israel Sack Furniture Archive
oid pointer:: 10969648
OID:: 11872158
PID:: digcoll:847272