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Armchair

Collection Type

  • Furniture

Date

1795-1825

GUSN

GUSN-3967

Description

Nine-spindle, hoop-back Windsor arm chair; shaped pine seat; bamboo turned splayed legs connected by "H" stretcher; baluster turned arm supports; moulded back crest rail.

Details

Descriptive Terms

armchairs
chairs (furniture forms)
ash (wood)
maple (wood)
pine (wood)
turning (shaping process)
maple (wood)
pine (wood)
Windsor chairs
Pine
Maple
Ash
Windsor
Turned
CHAIR

Associated Building

Original to Sayward-Wheeler House (York Harbor, Me.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

37.5 x 23 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of the heirs of Elizabeth Cheever Wheeler

Accession Number

1977.291

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