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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
Side chair
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.

Side chair

Manufacturer Unknown
CultureAmerican
Dateca. 1890
MediumMahogany
DimensionsOverall: 43 1/4 x 17 3/4 x 15 1/2 in. (109.9 x 45.1 x 39.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number71.2305A
Not on view
DescriptionTall back with slats in the form of a tree trunk and ending in round stylized devices forming leafage cut in crest rail, seat is red leather, nail-headed and tapers into back. Plain tapered legs are connected by four stretchers. The seat rail has the same cut-out device as the crest rail. Seat is split, chair is abraded at the seat.

New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
Unknown
ca. 1890
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
George Hunzinger
1876
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
George Hunzinger
1876
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
George Hunzinger
1876
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
George Hunzinger
1876
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
George Hunzinger
1876
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
George Hunzinger
1876
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
Unknown
ca. 1885-1890
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Unknown
ca. 1795-1810
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Unknown
ca. 1795-1810
Image scanned from a transparency and color-corrected by Pat Cagney.
James Woodward
ca. 1799
Image captured from the NEH Myers Conservation Survey by Carey Howlett.  Sized and color-correc…
James Woodward
ca. 1799