Side chair

1798–1802

Oak

Overall: 39 × 21 × 18 in. (99.1 × 53.3 × 45.7 cm)

Bequest of Irving S. Olds

1963.131

This chair relates to several bow-back Windsor chairs with the same unusual stretcher configuration branded by William Seaver and James Frost of Boston, MA, partners between 1800 and 1803 (see publications).

DescriptionBow-back Windsor side chair; bowed back pinched inward at the waist; nine tapered spindles brace back; incised line isolates spindle area; raked, bamboo-turned legs; curved front stretcher with oval medallions connected to straight back stretchers; traces of red and brown paint.

ClassificationsFURNITURE