Collection Highlights
Diana of the Chase
ca. 1922
1939.252
Bronze and marble
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Luce Center
Child's Windsor armchair
Object name
Child's Windsor armchair
Date
1775-1825
Medium
Wood, paint
Dimensions
Overall: 23 1/2 x 16 1/2 x 14 1/4 in. ( 59.7 x 41.9 x 36.2 cm )
Description
Child's Windsor armchair with yellow paint (not original); sack-back with curved crest rail and five full-length spindles piercing lower horizontal rail, which curves forward on either side to form arms; turned front arm supports; wide plank seat on splayed, vase-and-reel turned legs joined by side and medial stretchers with bulbous centers.
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Bayard Verplanck
Object Number
1945.484
Gallery Label
The yellow paint on this chair is not original. Many Windsor chairs were originally painted green.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
