Side Chair

Unidentified maker, New York City Maker

c. 1765 Date:

Mahogany, sweet gum Materials

38 1/2 H x 21 1/2 W x 17 1/2 D Dimensions

Incised on seat frame: VIII; paper label inside back: Tweddle Building Albany: NY 3 Chair; marked on seat frame: II Marks

Gift of Miss Emily Watkinson Rankin and Edward Elmendorf Rankin in memory of their mother, Catherine Bogart Putnam (Mrs. Edward W.) Rankin Credit

1955.56 Accession number

This chair style is one of the most readily identifiable forms of colonial New York furniture. It has the assertive proportions, dense dark mahogany, robust rococo carving, and bold gadrooning under the front seat rail of the best New York furniture. The design is derived from similar chairs made in the British Isles; the proportions and design elements resemble English and Irish furniture of the 1740s. Additional comments

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