Side chair

American

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 753

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).

Side chair, Walnut, walnut veneer, maple, white pine; upholstery (modern), American

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Side chair, Walnut, walnut veneer, maple, white pine; upholstery (modern), American
Side chair, Walnut, walnut veneer, maple, white pine; upholstery (modern), American
Side chair, Walnut, walnut veneer, maple, white pine; upholstery (modern), American
Side chair, Walnut, walnut veneer, maple, white pine; upholstery (modern), American
Side chair, Walnut, walnut veneer, maple, white pine; upholstery (modern), American
Side chair, Walnut, walnut veneer, maple, white pine; upholstery (modern), American
Side chair, Walnut, walnut veneer, maple, white pine; upholstery (modern), American
Side chair, Walnut, walnut veneer, maple, white pine; upholstery (modern), American
Side chair, Walnut, walnut veneer, maple, white pine; upholstery (modern), American
Side chair, Walnut, walnut veneer, maple, white pine; upholstery (modern), American
Side chair, Walnut, walnut veneer, maple, white pine; upholstery (modern), American
Side chair, Walnut, walnut veneer, maple, white pine; upholstery (modern), American
Side chair, Walnut, walnut veneer, maple, white pine; upholstery (modern), American
Side chair, Walnut, walnut veneer, maple, white pine; upholstery (modern), American
Side chair, Walnut, walnut veneer, maple, white pine; upholstery (modern), American
Side chair, Walnut, walnut veneer, maple, white pine; upholstery (modern), American
Side chair, Walnut, walnut veneer, maple, white pine; upholstery (modern), American

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