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Oil on canvas
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Luce Center
Side chair
Object name
Side chair
Date
1762-1780
Medium
Mahogany; pine
Dimensions
Overall: 36 1/4 x 21 x 22 in. ( 92.1 x 53.3 x 55.9 cm )
Description
Mahogany Chippendale side chair; serpentine crest rail with ears, pierced splat composed of elongated c-scrolls with ribbed carving, centering a carved rosette; trapezoidal slip seat; cabriole front legs with ball and claw feet, chamfered rear legs, and turned side and medial stretchers.
Credit Line
Bequest of Irving S. Olds
Object Number
1963.95b
Gallery Label
This design is derived from plate XVI of Chippendale's Director of 1762. A chair with this splat pattern appears in Copley's Portrait of Joseph Hooper, at the Baltimore Museum of Art.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
