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Side Chair
1760–75
Object Place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Medium/Technique
Mahogany, tulip poplar
Dimensions
Overall: 100.3 cm (39 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
The M. and M. Karolik Collection of Eighteenth-Century American Arts
Accession Number39.168
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsFurniture – Seating and beds
Notice the exposed tenon in the joint of the side and rear seat rails. The practice of carrying the tenon through the mortise board on the rear seat rail was a technique often used by craftsmen in the Philadelphia area. Some further secured the joint by driving a wedge into the middle of the tenon. This wedged-through-tenon method was a German tradition that became common in Philadelphia before 1750, when the majority of chairmakers were of German descent.
Catalogue Raisonné
Eighteenth-Century American Arts No. 85
Marks
"VII" inscribed into inside face of front seat rail and inside face of rear seat rail
Provenance"The M. and M. Karolik Collection of 18th century American Arts."