Chair
ca, 1850 (made)
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Child's side chair, of carved and turned birchwood. The chair has a cresting rail which gently curves inward and downward, echoed by a second cylindrical horizontal rail below it, with four turned vertical spindles set between the two. The back stays are cut in one with the back legs, giving a doubly tapering effect; the front legs and front stretcher are decorated with simple turned shaping. The remaining stretchers are plain rods, one at the back and a pair at each side. The chair has a shield-shaped seat with a wooden rim wound with cane, and a canework centre worked in a linear basketweave pattern.
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Materials and techniques | Birch |
Brief description | Child's birchwood side chair, with a canework seat; made in England ca.1850 |
Physical description | Child's side chair, of carved and turned birchwood. The chair has a cresting rail which gently curves inward and downward, echoed by a second cylindrical horizontal rail below it, with four turned vertical spindles set between the two. The back stays are cut in one with the back legs, giving a doubly tapering effect; the front legs and front stretcher are decorated with simple turned shaping. The remaining stretchers are plain rods, one at the back and a pair at each side. The chair has a shield-shaped seat with a wooden rim wound with cane, and a canework centre worked in a linear basketweave pattern. |
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Marks and inscriptions | CASTLE MUSEUM, YORK (text no longer legible)
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Accession number | W.63-1929 |
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Record created | January 9, 2009 |
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