Armchair

Date1916-1917

Mediummahogany with upholstery, cane

DimensionsOverall: 33 3/4 × 25 1/2 × 26 1/2 in. (85.7 × 64.8 × 67.3 cm) (with seat cushion)

Credit LineReynolda Estate

CopyrightPublic Domain

Object number1922.2.157

DescriptionOne of a pair of mahogany barrel-back chairs with open arms and backs filled with caning and brown leather cushions on seat and arms were used in Mr. Reynolds' office at Reynolda House. Various historical decorative motifs have been adapted to create chairs suitable for use in an office of the early 20th century, including reeding on the legs and small square carved rosettes marking the transition from frame to legs. These motifs unite the chairs with each other and suggest furniture of the early Republic in America, sometimes called Federal (or Regency period in England). However, the barrel backs and the curve in the design of their top rails are relatively modern in style.
ProvenanceFrom 1964
Reynolda House Museum of American Art, Winston-Salem, NC, acquired in 1964. [1]

Notes:
[1] In the early 1960s Charles H. Babcock (1899-1967) gave the house and its contents to the Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation. The house was then incorporated as a museum and collection (Reynolda House, Inc.) on December 18, 1964 with the signing of the charter at its first board meeting. The museum first opened to the public in September 1965.

Status

On view