Collection Highlights
The Game of Playing Department Store
1898
2000.715
Cardboard, wood, paper
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
1 of set of 6 Side Chairs
Object name
1 of set of 6 Side Chairs
Date
ca. 1843
Medium
Mahogany, oak, textile
Dimensions
Overall: 32 1/2 x 18 1/2 x 19 in. ( 82.6 x 47 x 48.3 cm )
Description
Figured mahogany gondola side chair; back with crest rail curving into angled stiles and urn-shaped splat; U-shaped slip seat with textile upholstery (not original) on four shaped supports; saber front legs and back swept rear legs.
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Florence Rogers Dietrich
Object Number
1944.325e
Marks
stamped: on top of front seat rail: "VIII"
printed: on cloth label attached to underside of slip seat: "DO NOT REMOVE THIS TAG / . . . / This article contains the same / material received from the owner, / to which has been added / 1 LB COTTON XLLL / . . . / This article must not / be sold. It is the prop- / erty of and must be / returned to / NAME ROGERS / ADDRESS 675 No. TERRACE / Remade and Renovated by / J. A. FROEHLICH / 154 W. Lincoln Ave. Mt. Vernon N.Y. / Date Sterilized 5-1539"
Gallery Label
The gondola chair was a new form introduced to the United States from France in the mid-nineteenth century. Its style was based on that of French Restoration period furniture. This chair belonged to a set made for the donor's grandmother, who lived at Fifth Avenue and 39th Street in New York City.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
