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Artist
Joseph Hosmer
1735 - 1821
DateLate 1700s to Early 1800s
Terms
- Side Chairs
- Rush
- Cherry
- Maple
- Concord (Massachusetts)
Dimensions98.99 × 50.76 × 38.07 cm (39 × 20 × 15 in.)
Credit LineGift of the First Church of Christ Scientist, Concord, MA
Object numberF1120
DescriptionCherry (maple?), rush. Pair of country Chippendale side chairs with rush seats. Serpentine crest rails, molded turned back ears. Pierced splats shaped with crest rails; bands at top that curve in and out, with scrolled ends, bottom pierced with two vertical slots and heart at center. Splats seated in lower back rail baove seat. Front legs straight, squared, outer edges reeded, inside edges chamfered, fit into ends of front seat rails. This strips allied to edges of rush seats. One stretcher each on sides, back and front (no median stretchers), all rectangular, tops slightly rounded, mortise & tenoned flush with legs.
Collections
- Furniture
