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The Metropolitan Museum of Art purchased a ladder-back chair, which was considered a peasant's chair, and was dated between the 17th and 18th centuries, in 1908. [2] It owns a pair of them made in Philadelphia between 1785–95 that resembles chairs made by Philadelphia furniture maker Daniel Trotter (1747–1800).
In addition to custom pieces in mahogany and walnut, Savery manufactured large numbers of maple rush-seated chairs. Some of his pieces are marked with an "S." A rare few retain their original paper labels: "All Sorts of Chairs and Joiners Work Made and Sold by WILLIAM SAVERY, At the Sign of the Chair, a little below the Market, in Second Street.
Walnut and burr walnut veneer side chair attributed to Giles Grendey, London, c. 1740 (Art Institute of Chicago) Ornamentation is minimal, in contrast to earlier 17th-century and William and Mary styles, which prominently featured inlay, figured veneers, paint, and carving. The cabriole leg is the "most recognizable element" of Queen Anne ...
Side chair, a chair with a seat and back but without armrests; often matched with a dining table or used as an occasional chair; Sit-stand chair, [32] normally used with a height-adjustable desk, allows the person to lean against this device and be partially supported; Sling chair, a suspended, free-swinging chair hanging from a ceiling
A Windsor chair is a chair built with a solid wooden seat into which the chair-back and legs are round-tenoned, or pushed into drilled holes, in contrast to other styles of chairs whose back legs and back uprights are continuous. The seats of Windsor chairs are often carved into a shallow dish or saddle shape for comfort. Traditionally, the ...
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Hairy-paw-foot easy chair (1770–71, mahogany), Philadelphia Museum of Art. [27] Set a world auction record for a piece of furniture when it was sold at Sotheby's New York in 1987 for $2,750,000. [28] Donated to the Philadelphia Museum of Art in 2002. [29] Hairy-paw-foot card table (1770–71, mahogany), Philadelphia Museum of Art. [30]
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