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Gothic Revival upholstered chair with pointed arch back enclosing tracery carving surmounted by acanthus crocket. Upholstered rectangular back flanked by rectangular stiles with recessed arch lozenges terminating in recessed quatrefoil block at back rail. Carved drops between back rail and upholstered seat. Skirt with recessed lozenge flanked by two quatrefoil corner blocks which echo stile design and surmount columnar turned and reeded legs. Ogee carved legs on rear, all with casters.
slipper chairs
chairs (furniture forms)
walnut (wood)
wool (textile)
Gothic Revival
Chair
Chair, Slipper
Chair, Slipper
Cherished Possessions 2002-2005: Henry Bowen hired Thomas Brooks of Brooklyn to build the furniture for Roseland Cottage, his new house in Woodstock, Connecticut. This side chair is among the Gothic furnishings that Bowen ordered, which included two settees, a window seat, a footstool, a center table, a number of chairs, a hall stand, and a cottage bedroom suite. The Gothic style, with its use of pointed arches, trefoils and quatrefoils, and emphasis on verticality, derived from church architecture and suited the romantic tendencies of the day.
Original to Roseland Cottage (Woodstock, Conn.),
Probably Brooks, Thomas, 1811-1887 (Maker)
Brooklyn, NY, USA
53 4/16 x 20 1/2 x 22 1/4 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Margaret Carson Holt
1970.426
New York state (United States)
Probably
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