Side Chair
Unknown
1765–75 · Mahogany, sweet gum · The American Wing
Typical New York features, such as the carved tassel-and-ruffle design in the splat, the gadrooned seat rail, and the square claw-and-ball feet, are displayed in this chair. It is thought to have descended in the great landholding Van Rensselaer family of Albany, New York.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- 1765–75
- Medium
- Mahogany, sweet gum
- Culture
- American
- Department
- The American Wing
- Credit line
- Purchase, The Sylmaris Collection, Gift of George Coe Graves, by exchange, 1957
