{"@context":"http://iiif.io/api/presentation/2/context.json","@type":"sc:Manifest","@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/winterthur/iiif/04d0f2bb-2458-44ba-b8f0-bc36f89811c3/manifest","label":"dapc_2018-0006-001_overall","metadata":[{"label":"BFA Number","value":"dapc_2018-0006-001_overall"},{"label":"Source","value":"Decorative Arts Photographic Collection"},{"label":"Rights","value":"Metadata and images digitized from the Decorative Arts Photographic Collection of the Winterthur Library. For reproduction requests or more information, contact DAPC at reference@winterthur.org."},{"label":"Current Owner","value":"Unknown"},{"label":"Context","value":"According to Mussey and Shelton (2010), of the fours chairs in this set, two are in the hands of a private owner, one remains in the decorative arts collection of the New York State Museum, and the other was donated to the Winterthur collection. The Winterthur one is identified by an incised [I] and on the inner surface of the rear seat rail is marked in pencil with [$6]; the one owned by the New York State Museum is marked: [II]. Another chair from this set with an upholstered seat was advertised by Kinnaman & Ramaeker?ÇÖs, pictured in Antiques 78, no. 3 (March 1985): 506. The chairs are also cited in Israel Sack, Inc., American Antiques from Israel Sack Collection, 10 vols. (New York: Highland House, 1988), 7: 1818, no. 5011; 9: 2439, no. 5011; 10: 2705, no. 6341. The latter catalog listing is for all four chairs, but otherwise in none of the listings are the chairs individually identified by their markings (so tracing the provenance is somewhat chaotic). At one point, the chairs were attributed to Asa Holden, a New York chair maker, but birch is identified as another primary material (in addition to mahogany), and birch was more commonly used in Boston-made furniture. It was Wendy Cooper who noticed that these chairs are related to a pier table at the Nichols House. It is also unclear whether all four chairs are marked [Holden's] or if it is only one of the four. (See Robert D. Mussey, Jr. and Christopher Shelton, \"John Penniman and the Ornamental Painting Tradition in Federal-Era Boston,\" in American Furniture, ed. Luke Beckerdite (Hanover, N.H.: University Press of New England, for the Chipstone Foundation, 2010): 2-27; Robert D. Mussey, Jr. and Clark Pearce, \"Classical Excellence in Boston: The Furniture of Isaac Vose, 1789-1825,\" in Boston Furniture 1700-1900, ed. Brock Jobe and Gerald W. R. Ward (Boston: Colonial Society of Massachusetts, 2016), 251-292; and Israel Sack, Inc., American Antiques from Israel Sack Collection, 10 vols. (New York: Highland House, 1988), 7: 1818, no. 5011; 9: 2439, no. 5011; 10: 2705, no. 6341.; and Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library, Collections, http://museumcollection.winterthur.org/ (accessed August 31, 2018), 2006.0005).  DAPC_1981-1879 is marked [IIII], but the marking on this chair is not photographed. Because chair [I] is owned by Winterthur and chair [II] is owned by the New York State Museum, this chair likely is [III]."},{"label":"Subjects (AAT)","value":["Side chairs"]},{"label":"Subjects","value":["Chairs"]},{"label":"Bibliography","value":"Catalog: Israel Sack, Inc., American Antiques from Israel Sack Collection, vol. 7 (Washington, D.C.: Highland House Publishers, 1983), 7: 1818, no. 5011.  Catalog: Israel Sack, Inc., American Antiques from Israel Sack Collection, vol. 10 (Washington, D.C.: Highland House Publishers, 1992), 2705, no. 6341."},{"label":"History of Ownership","value":"Previously owned by Israel Sack, Inc. and sold to a private owner about 1980. About 1992, the chair must have been back in the possession of Sack because all four were advertised together. As of 2006, the chairs have been separated."},{"label":"Associated Objects","value":"One of a set of four chairs with DAPC_1981-1879, which is marked [IIII], and a pier table."},{"label":"Dimensions","value":"Height 35 in. (88.9 cm)"},{"label":"Description","value":"Empire-style, klismos fancy chair with a vertical slat-back made of mahogany and birch, painted and gilded with a caned seat.  The flat crest rail is scrolled backward and painted to give it faux fluting. The tops of the stiles have painted leaves. The fronts of the stiles are painted in a light color and outlined with a dark color. The sides of the stiles are painted with a classical design and volutes. Three vertical, flat slats are equally spaced between the stiles. The slats are cut in a plume shape above a long, tapering vase shape. The plumes are painted with acanthus leaves. The vase shapes have the same decoration scheme as the fronts of the stiles. The lower rail on the chair back is continuous with the seat and has side brackets, suggesting the seat could hold a cushion. The trapezoidal seat is caned. The front of the seat is curved and overhangs the front rail just slightly. The front rail is painted with a center tablet of foliate design and is outlined in olive green paint. The front sabre legs have beige roundels in olive-green-colored squares painted on the tops of the front-facing front leg surfaces, in line with the front rail. Painted acanthus leaves extend below the painted squares. The exterior-facing sides of the front legs have volutes painted at the top. The remaining surfaces of the front legs are painted in a light color and outlined in olive green. The front legs terminate in squared feet, painted black. The rear sabre legs are painted in a light color and outlined in olive green."},{"label":"Date Digitized","value":"12/4/2018"},{"label":"Basis of Materials","value":"Mahogany identified as primary material based on the analysis of the material composition of another chair in this set owned by Winterthur (2006). Birch also identified as a primary material, according to Mussey and Shelton (2010)."},{"label":"Materials","value":"Mahogany; Birch; Cane; Paint; Gilding; Unidentified wood"},{"label":"Style","value":["Empire"]},{"label":"Basis of Date","value":"Approximate date range of 1800-1820 provided by Winterthur (2006) based on the attribution of another chair in the set owned by Winterthur, date range of 1810-1830 provided by Israel Sack, Inc. (1980)."},{"label":"Date (EDTF)","value":"D:00 M:00 Y:1800 - D:00 M:00 Y:1820"},{"label":"Basis of Origin","value":"Holden was active in Charlestown and Boston."},{"label":"Place of Origin","value":"Charlestown, Massachusetts; Boston, Massachusetts"},{"label":"Basis of Maker Attribution","value":"Stenciled by Holden. Painting thought to be the hand of John Ritto Penniman according to Wendy Cooper (Mussey and Shelton, 2010) based on a pier table attributed to Thomas Seymour and Penniman that appears to be related to these chairs and may be a part of the set."},{"label":"Maker","value":["Penniman, John Ritto, ornamental painter, 1782-1841, active 1803-1827","Holden, Joshua, chair manufacturer, 1781-1852, active about 1807-1830"]},{"label":"Other Name","value":"Fancy chair"},{"label":"Object Type","value":["Chair"]},{"label":"Object Use","value":"Seating furniture"},{"label":"Category","value":"Furniture"},{"label":"Title","value":"Side chair"},{"label":"Date Modified","value":"12/4/2018"}],"description":"Side chair","sequences":[{"@type":"sc:Sequence","canvases":[{"@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/winterthur/iiif/04d0f2bb-2458-44ba-b8f0-bc36f89811c3/canvas/_1","@type":"sc:Canvas","label":"Side chair","height":1500,"width":920,"images":[{"@type":"oa:Annotation","motivation":"sc:painting","resource":{"@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/winterthur/iiif/04d0f2bb-2458-44ba-b8f0-bc36f89811c3/full/full/0/default.jpg","@type":"dctypes:Image","format":"image/jpeg","service":{"@context":"http://iiif.io/api/image/2/context.json","@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/winterthur/iiif/04d0f2bb-2458-44ba-b8f0-bc36f89811c3","profile":"http://iiif.io/api/image/2/level2.json","tiles":[{"width":512,"scaleFactors":[1,2,4]}]},"height":1500,"width":920},"on":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/winterthur/iiif/04d0f2bb-2458-44ba-b8f0-bc36f89811c3/canvas/_1","metadata":[]}],"thumbnail":{"@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/winterthur/iiif/04d0f2bb-2458-44ba-b8f0-bc36f89811c3/full/500,500/0/default.jpg","@type":"dctypes:Image","height":500,"width":500}}]}],"thumbnail":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/winterthur/iiif/04d0f2bb-2458-44ba-b8f0-bc36f89811c3/full/500,500/0/default.jpg","logo":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/winterthur/iiif/logo"}