Collection Highlights
The Truant Gamblers (Undutiful Boys)
1835
1858.23
Oil on canvas
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Child's side chair
Object name
Child's side chair
Date
1854
Medium
Poplar, caning, paint
Dimensions
Overall: 23 1/2 x 13 1/2 x 14 in. ( 59.7 x 34.3 x 35.6 cm )
Description
Child's poplar side chair with brown paint; back with curved crest rail and a single shaped slat; roughly trapezoidal caned seat with concave side rails and serpentine front rail; outswept legs that taper toward bottom joined by concave, rectangular front stretcher, two plain, round stretchers at either side, and one plain, round stretcher in back.
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Florence Rogers Dietrich
Object Number
1944.64a
Marks
handwritten in ink: on underside of back seat rail: "Made for James & John Jenkins - twins / 1854"
Gallery Label
According to an inscription on the chair, the pair of chairs was made for James and John Jenkins, twins, in 1854.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
