Details
Description
Arts and Crafts-style side chair constructed of red and white oak. Rectangular back with a slightly curved profile. Horizontally curved crest rail with a slat rail below and an identical slat just above the seat. Between the two slats, there are six squared spindles. The rear stiles are continuous with the back legs and joined to the seat rail. The tops of the rear stiles are chamfered on the sides and come to a faceted central point. The trapezoidal seat is framed with a double dowel joint. The seat is a shaped plank with a slight pommel. The back edges of the seat sit in a small mortise at the corners of the rear stiles. The seat is attached with screws from the bottom of the seat frame as well as into the rear stiles. The backs of the rear stiles have wood coverings on the screw holes. The front legs are squared and slightly tapered, while the back legs are squared with a slight curve. The rear and side stretchers are straight with squared edges. The squared front stretcher arches inward. Metal glides with rubber tops are nailed to the bottoms of each of the legs. The rear seat rail has an impressed decoration on the inside of the seat frame that includes beading and floral decoration.
Object use
Seating furniture
Object type
Chair
Maker
Heywood Brothers and Wakefield Company, manufacturer, 1897-1921
Basis of maker
A company label is attached to the chair.
Place of origin
Boston, Massachusetts
Basis of origin
The labels states that the chair was made in Boston.
Date
1875-1930
Basis of date
Date range based on characteristics of design and construction.
Style
Arts and Crafts
Materials
Red oak; White oak; Screws
Attributes & techniques
Slat-back chairs
Marks, signatures, inscriptions
Paper label on the underside of the seat: [Heywood Brothers and Wakefield Company / Boston, Mass. USA].
Dimensions
Height: 32.375 in. (82.2 cm); Seat height 15.375 in. (39 cm), Width 14.25 in. (36.2 cm), Depth 15 in. (38.1 cm)
Exhibition history
Exhibited at the Putterham School, a property of the Brookline Historical Society.
Subject
Chairs
Current owner
Brookline Historical Society
Rights
For reproduction requests or more information, contact the Brookline Historical Society through its website, http://www.brooklinehistoricalsociety.org.
Source
Photographed by the staff of the Boston Furniture Archive, August 2014.
Date digitized
2015-05-20
Date modified
2018-07-18