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Spindle-back armchair

1640–80
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 708
The rarest and grandest of the early turned chairs are those with rows of spindles below the seat as well as above it. Although its boxlike form may look simple at first glance, this chair is a complex composition with subtle variations in the shaping of the rungs and in the spacing of its horizontal and vertical members.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Spindle-back armchair
  • Date: 1640–80
  • Geography: Possibly made in Boston, Massachusetts, United States; Possibly made in Charlestown, Massachusetts, United States
  • Culture: American
  • Medium: Ash
  • Dimensions: 44 3/4 x 23 1/2 x 15 3/4 in. (113.7 x 59.7 x 40 cm)
  • Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair, 1951
  • Object Number: 51.12.2
  • Curatorial Department: The American Wing

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