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Corner Chair/Close Stool

Collection Type

  • Furniture

Date

1760-1810

GUSN

GUSN-72431

Description

Corner Chair. Oak, plywood, pressboard, fabric, enameled metal. Continuous arms; three turned supports; rectangular seat; modern pot, skirt, and baseboard. Reworked 1900-1924.

Details

Descriptive Terms

commode chairs
close-stools
chairs (furniture forms)
enameling
maple (wood)
oak (wood)
plywood
pressboard
metal
textiles
Chippendale
maple (wood)
Chair
Chair, Child's
Chair, Potty
Chair, Potty

Associated Building

Original to Codman House (Lincoln, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

36 1/4 x 27 1/3 x 27 1/3 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Bequest of Dorothy S.F.M. Codman

Accession Number

1969.623

Places

Probably Massachusetts (United States)
Probably

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