Side Chair
1760–75
Object PlacePhiladelphia, Pennsylvania
Medium/TechniqueMahogany, tulip poplar
DimensionsOverall: 100.3 cm (39 1/2 in.)
Credit LineThe M. and M. Karolik Collection of Eighteenth-Century American Arts
Accession number39.168
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On viewClassificationsFurniture
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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.
Provenance"The M. and M. Karolik Collection of 18th century American Arts."
1790–1810
about 1820-1825
about 1760–70
1760–70
about 1790–1810