Chinese Chippendale-style Side Chair

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Collection Type

Decorative arts

Date

1880-1914, undated

GUSN

GUSN-303822

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Irving and Casson - A. H. Davenport -- Collection II
1994 Acquisitions
Design Drawings -- Watercolors
Seating Furniture
Chairs
Chinese Chippendale-style Side Chair
(current record)

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Irving and Casson - A. H. Davenport -- Collection II
- 1994 Acquisitions
  - Design Drawings -- Watercolors
    - Seating Furniture
      - Chairs
        Caned Armchair
        "Chair of Walnut"
        Federal-style Side Chair
        Chinese Chippendale-style Side Chair (current record)
        "Arm Chair of Mahogany"
        "Arm Chair with Color & Gold, Back of Colored Leather"
        "Dining Room Chairs, Painted in Black with Gold Decorations"
        "Adam Arm Chair of Mahogany with Painted Decoration"
        "Chair of Mahogany"
        "Light Chair of Mahogany"
        "Chair Painted Black with Decoration in Color and Gold"
        "Swivel Arm Chair. Arm Chair."
        Upholstered Arm Chair
        Arm Chair
        "Arm Chair of Oak"

Description

Untitled design drawing of a side chair with two views. Front view is rendered in watercolor and pencil; side view is in pencil only. Chinese Chippendale-style side chair with shaped crest rail has inlaid pagoda roof at center; rectangular open fretwork splat; upholstered slip seat; front and side seat rails with inlaid veneer diamonds; square raked back legs; tapered square front legs with top and medial cuffs, inlaid veneer rectangular motifs, and terminating in block feet; and pierced fretwork side and front stretchers. Embossed at lower right is: "Return to A. H. Davenport Co. / 150 Madison Ave. / New York."

Details

Descriptive Terms

chairs (furniture forms)
side chairs
Chinese chairs
Chinese Chippendale
renderings (drawings)
design drawings

Physical Description

1 watercolor rendering (10 5/8 x 16 1/2 inches)

Collection Code

CC011

Collection Name

Irving and Casson - A. H. Davenport -- Collection II

Date of Acquisition

1994

Reference Code

CC011.001.001.004.001.004

Record Details

Originator

A. H. Davenport Co. (American furniture manufactory, active late 19th-early 20th centuries) (Designer)

Material Type

renderings (drawings)
design drawings

Description Level

Item

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