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Armchair

A work made of maple and ash.
CC0 Public Domain Designation

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  • A work made of maple and ash.

Date:

1670–1700

Artist:

Artist unknown (American, 17th–18th century)
New York area

About this artwork

This chair is one among a small group of turned chairs with slat backs that were produced in the New York area at the end of the 17th century. The chair was made by an artisan known as a turner, whose main tools were a lathe and a set of gouges. A block of wood was set into the lathe, which was operated manually by an apprentice using a hand crank or a foot pump. Gouges, or tolls, with sharp edges in varying widths were used to form the design on the wood being turned.

Status

On View, Gallery 165

Department

Arts of the Americas

Artist

Artist unknown

Title

Armchair

Place

New York (Object made in)

Date  Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.

c. 1670–1700

Medium

Maple and ash

Dimensions

101.6 × 57.2 × 48.3 cm (40 × 22 1/2 × 19 in.)

Credit Line

Sewell L. Avery Fund

Reference Number

1946.507

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