EditorialArmchair, ca.?1775, Maple, hickory, 37 7/8 ? 21 7/8 ? 15 1/2 in. (96.2 ? 55.6 ? 39.4?cm), This chair has features distinctive to chairs made by craftsmen of French heritage. The slats are composed of opposing S-scrolls, the arm supports are baluster-sh...
EditorialChilds Bow-Back Windsor Side?Chair, American hickory, yellow-poplar, maple, 19 3/8 ? 10 ? 9 3/4 in. (49.2 ? 25.4 ? 24.8 cm), During the 1780s, when the bow-back Windsor chair was introduced, a change took place in the style of turnings: bamboo turnings...
EditorialHigh?Chair, Soft maple, ash, 31 ? 10 ? 10 7/16 in. (78.7 ? 25.4 ? 26.5 cm), The stoutness of the uprights and their elongated baluster turnings suggest that this chair was made in the late seventeenth or early eighteenth century. The chair was found in...
EditorialSide?Chair, European or American cherry, European walnut, European or American ash, hickory, 30 11/16 ? 13 ? 13 3/8 in. (77.9 ? 33 ? 34 cm), This chair, with multiball turnings on its legs, back posts, spindles, and stretchers, illustrates the impact o...
EditorialCan from bronze tin on almost flat bottom. Spherical belly, narrow neck narrowing to the middle and curved edge. Hardly patinated, red, copper-colored. Turnings on neck and shoulder, tableware, jug, metal, bronze, height: 17,5 cm, roman 1-200, Netherla...
EditorialNarrow Strip, 15th century, Hispano-Islamic, Spain, Silk, twill weave with supplementary patterning wefts and supplementary binding warps, 204.9 x 15.2 cm (80 5/8 x 6 in.), Chamber Table, 1670/90, Turnings attributed to Symonds family shop, Active 1670...
EditorialCupboard, 1670?1700, Made in Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States; Made in Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States, American, Red oak, white pine, white cedar, red cedar, black walnut, soft maple, 56 x 49 3/4 x 23 in. (142.2 x 126.4 x 58.4 cm), Furn...
EditorialSpindle-back chair, 1680?1720, Probably made in Massachusetts, United States, American, Soft maple, maple, ash, 37 1/2 x 19 3/4 x 14 1/2 in. (95.3 x 50.2 x 36.8 cm), Furniture, Judging by the number of surviving examples, turned spindle-back chairs wer...