Chair
Artist
Maker unknown
Date1840-1860
MediumRosewood with needlepoint seat
DimensionsOverall: 44 3/8 x 18 1/4 x 20in. (112.7 x 46.4 x 50.8cm)
ClassificationsFURNISHINGS
Credit LineGift of Jane B. Sayre Bryant and David E. Bryant in memory of the Sayre Family
Terms
Object number86.46.129
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Label TextAmerican-made Gothic furniture reached the pinnacle of its appeal in the mid-nineteenth century. Occasionally an entire domestic structure was built in the Gothic style. The average consumer, however, usually chose merely to add Gothic furniture or accessories to a single room, such as the parlor, library, hall, or dining room to update the interior aesthetic.
A needlepoint seat adorns this side chair, which features Gothic tracery on the back. The simplicity of the seat design-a compartmentalized paisley pattern-suggests that a member of the family of the original owners, the Sayre and Bryant family of Utica, may have embroidered it.
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