Side Chair
This armchair and its mate originally belonged to a set of nine pieces including six side chairs and a settee. Four of the side chairs and the settee are in the Brooklyn Museum and the remaining two chairs are at Winterthur. The attribution to Thomas Ash is based on his advertisements in New York about 1815 for similar furniture. Ash's business card, an example of which is owned by the Museum of The City of New York, illustrated a chair similar to this one. Ash's workshop was located at 31 or 33 John Street in New York and he specialized in Windsor and "fancy" chairs, such as this one. The brass mounts, probably American castings from French or English prototypes, are unusual, as is the red ground color.
(See 45.151.1, .2 for pair.)
(See 45.151.1, .2 for pair.)
Artwork Details
- Title: Side Chair
- Maker: Possibly Thomas Ash (active ca. 1774–1813)
- Date: ca. 1820
- Geography: Made in New York, New York, United States
- Culture: American
- Medium: Maple, beech
- Dimensions: 33 1/2 x 20 3/4 x 16 3/4 in. (85.1 x 52.7 x 42.5 cm)
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1945
- Object Number: 45.151.2
- Curatorial Department: The American Wing
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Thomas Ash (active 1652–1712)
1714–15
Possibly Thomas Ash (active ca. 1774–1813)
ca. 1820
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Herter Brothers (German, active New York, 1864–1906)
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