Maryland Chippendale Side Chair

This simple chair is quite similar to one illustrated in Chippendale’s Director of 1754 and seems to be identical to a chair in the collection of the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts. It is one of a well documented group from the area of Frederick, Maryland that is stylistically akin to some square back chairs from southside Virginia but is distinguished by the use of seat rails tenoned through the rear stiles in the Philadelphia manner.

This chair is well preserved in a historic “as found” condition having lost about one inch of its original height. It retains the original yellow pine seat frame.

listed in: Furniture

Frederick, Md., 1760-90 c.
Price: $sold

Height:: 36, seat 15"

Width:: 20"

Depth:: 18.5"

ID:: 29031

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