Side chair

Unknown

1750–60 · Walnut, maple, white pine · The American Wing

Among the most ambitious of all early Queen Anne side chairs, this example has stiles with compound curves that conform to the design of the splat and a deeply undercut shell flanked by flowering vines in the crest rail. The overall design was borrowed directly from a popular English chair pattern. By tradition, the chair was made for the Boston merchant Charles Apthorp (1698–1758).

Artist

Unknown

Date

1750–60

Medium

Walnut, maple, white pine

Culture

American

Department

The American Wing

Credit line

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Ginsburg, 1984