Chair, Dining
Orangedale Railway Museum
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| Nom de l'objet : | Chair, Dining |
| Catégorie de l'objet : | Seating Furniture |
| Matériaux : | Wood fabric |
| Numéro d'accession : | 95.237.6.3 |
| Date de début de production : | 1702-01-01 |
| Date de fin de production : | 1995-03-29 |
| Description : | A side chair with four S-shaped legs. The seat is square and upholstered with a tweed patterned fabric. The backrest of the chair has a curved top rail with carved designs of shells and scrolls. A curved splat extends between the top rail and a lower rail. It has an upholstered section with the same fabric as the seat. |
| Commentaires : | The chair shows elements of Queen Anne style furniture including the cabriole legs and vase-shaped splat. The style is named after British monarch Queen Anne who ruled from 1702 to 1714 although the design style carried on until 1760. It is emphasized by curvilinear designs and is a more restrained form of French Rococo or Louis XV designs. Furniture was often made from richly finished woods like walnut, cherry, and maple although mahogany became popular towards the end of the period. Although the S-curved cabriole legs were present in ancient Greek and Chinese designs, they became popular in eighteenth-century British and Continental furniture. The designs were based on the legs of four-footed mammals, especially ungulates. Cabriole is derived from cabrioler, which translates from French as leap like a goat. The vase-shaped splat connects the top rail to the chair seat and also embodies the curvilinear design popular in Queen Anne style furniture. The top rail of the chair embodies the more elaborate Rococo design elements of curves with shell design patterns. |
| Hauteur : | 89 cm |
| Longueur : | 46 cm |
| Largeur : | 43 cm |
| Établissement : |
Orangedale Railway Museum
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| Ville de l'établissement : | Orangedale |
| Province de l'établissement : | Nova Scotia |
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