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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
Hitchcock Style Side Chair
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.

Hitchcock Style Side Chair

Manufacturer Unknown
CultureAmerican
Dateca. 1840
MediumWood | Rush | Paint
DimensionsOverall: 34 3/4 x 16 3/4 in. (88.3 x 42.5 cm)
Credit LineChrysler Museum of Art, Moses Myers House, Norfolk, Virginia. The Historic Houses are the property of the City of Norfolk and are operated by The Chrysler Museum.
Object number97.49.71
On View
Chrysler Museum of Art, MMH, Parlor
DescriptionA Hitchcock type painted and decorated side chair (one of a pair with M51.1.51). The ground is red on black in imitation of tortoiseshell. The central splat is in the shape of two cornucopias facing inward. Fruit, flowers, and foliage design is stenciled on the splat with metallic powders. The stiles and the turned and arched crest rail are ornamented with stenciled patterns, and ring turnings on the legs are gilt. A split-turned front seat rail and flat side seat rails protect the edges of the rush seat.

Exhibition HistoryMyers House
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
Unknown
Hitchcock Style Side Chair
No Date
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
Unknown
Hitchcock Side Chair
ca. 1830
Image captured from the NEH Myers Conservation Survey by Carey Howlett.
Unknown
Window Seat
ca. 1825
Image captured from the NEH Myers Conservation Survey by Carey Howlett.
Unknown
Window Seat
ca. 1825
Image captured from the NEH Myers Conservation Survey by Carey Howlett.
George Hepplewhite
Hepplewhite Shield Back Side Chair
ca. 1790
Image captured from the NEH Myers Conservation Survey by Carey Howlett.
George Hepplewhite
Hepplewhite Shield Back Side Chair
ca. 1790
Image captured from the NEH Myers Conservation Survey by Carey Howlett.
George Hepplewhite
Hepplewhite Shield Back Side Chair
ca. 1790
Image captured from the NEH Myers Conservation Survey by Carey Howlett.
George Hepplewhite
Hepplewhite Shield Back Side Chair
ca. 1790
Image captured from the NEH Myers Conservation Survey by Carey Howlett.
George Hepplewhite
Hepplewhite Shield Back Side Chair
ca. 1790
Image captured from the NEH Myers Conservation Survey by Carey Howlett.
George Hepplewhite
Hepplewhite Shield Back Side Chair
ca. 1790
Image captured from the NEH Myers Conservation Survey by Carey Howlett.
George Hepplewhite
Hepplewhite Shield Back Side Chair
ca. 1790
Image captured from the NEH Myers Conservation Survey by Carey Howlett.
George Hepplewhite
Hepplewhite Shield Back Side Chair
ca. 1790
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