Side chairs, pair

Published/Created:: Connecticut, United States
ca. 1790–1800
Notes:: Sack catalogue description: Pair of Hepplewhite shield-back side chairs with artistically designed splats, each with carved urn supporting a drapery in oval frame, the urn is supported on a plinth with carved rosettes; square tapered legs, old or original finish. These chairs are apparently from the same set as a chair in the Winterthur Museum, owned by James Dana (1735–1812) from Wallingford, Connecticut; see Montgomery, American Furniture, p. 97, pl. 47.
Related objects: Book: Charles F. Montgomery, American Furniture: The Federal Period in the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum (New York: Viking Press, 1966), p. 97, pl. 47.
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Bibliography: Book: American Antiques from Israel Sack Collection, 10 vols. (Washington, D.C.: Highland House Publishers, 1957–1990), vol. 9, p. 2538, pl. P6200.
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YUAG catalogue note: The related side chair in the collection of the Winterthur Museum, Delaware is object 1957.0040.001.
Variant Titles:: Pair of Hepplewhite shield-back side chairs
Topics:: Decoration and ornament -- Hepplewhite style
Furniture -- United States
Period/Style:: Federal
Hepplewhite
Culture:: American
Accession Number:: 6200
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 1989
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 pointer:: 10971203
OID:: 11872706
PID:: digcoll:847750