Easy Chair Frame
CultureAmerican
Dateca. 1785 - 95
MediumMahogany | Yellow Pine | Poplar
DimensionsOverall: 45 1/2 x 24 x 31 1/4 in. (115.6 x 61 x 79.4 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase
Object number2006.9
Not on view
DescriptionThis easy chair frame is made of mahogany, poplar and yellow pine. The two front legs are slightly tapered and the two in the rear raking backward. The upholstered portion of the chair frame is fashioned primarily of tulip poplar with a serpentine crest, slightly ogee-shaped wings, and receding arms that scroll outward at the elbow; the lower horizontal rail of the back is made of yellow pine. The seat rails have open diagonal corner braces of a type frequently seen on chairs upholstered over the rail.ProvenanceMoses Myers; Samuel Myers [2nd son of Moses Myers]; Moses Myers II [Son of Samuel Myers]; Barton Myers I [Son of Moses Myers II] ; Barton Myers II [Son of Barton Myers I]; Kate Myers Schwartz [Daughter of Barton Myers II]; Robert Schwartz [Son of Kate Myers Schwartz] ; Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, Museum purchase, 2006.
ca. 1790
ca. 1820
