Skip to main content
Advanced Search
A frontal view of a Grecian-style klismos side chair with a red cushion decorated in a gold fol…
Side Chair
A frontal view of a Grecian-style klismos side chair with a red cushion decorated in a gold fol…
A frontal view of a Grecian-style klismos side chair with a red cushion decorated in a gold foliate design.
Side Chair, Unknown Maker (New York), c. 1830, mahogany and modern upholstery, Telfair Museum of Art, Savannah, Georgia.

Side Chair

Maker
Datec. 1830
MediumMahogany and modern upholstery
Dimensions31 1/2 × 18 1/4 × 17 3/4 inches (80 × 46.4 × 45.1 cm)
MarkingsMarks stamped and in pencil on the slip seat frame: "VIII"; "IV"; "VI"; "V" Ink stamp on the back seat rail: "Stewben spring 1934"
Credit LineGift of Historic Savannah Foundation.
Object number1991.5.3
On View
Not on view
CopyrightThe images and text contained on this page are owned by Telfair Museums or used by the Museum with permission from the owners. Unauthorized reproduction, transmission or display of these materials is prohibited with the exception of items deemed “fair use” as defined by U.S. and international copyright laws.Label TextThis Grecian style side chair is in Klismos form, as adapted by an American craftsmen of the early 19th century, with the front leg, rail, and stile forming a continuous curve, and ending in a shaped back splat.
Collections
Image Not Available for Dining Chair
Dining Chair
Unknown
c. 1815 - 1825
Image Not Available for Dining Chair
Dining Chair
Unknown
c. 1815 - 1825
A mahogany side chair with a shield back (heart-shaped) in the American Hepplewhite-style with …
Side Chair
Unknown
c. 1780
A Hepplewhite-style shield-back chair with a gold floral upholstered seat.
Side Chair
Unknown
n. d.
One of six klismos, cane-seated chairs from a suite of high-style, ebonized and rosewood-graine…
Side Chair
Unknown
c. 1830
One of a pair of Sheraton-style side chairs with square backs, carved urn splats topped with fo…
Side Chair
Unknown
c. 1780
One of four carved mahogany side chairs. Each chair exhibits a tablet crest rail having volute…
Side Chair
Unknown
c. 1820
A Regency-style side chair with a carved back and upholstered in pink and white striped fabric.
Side Chair
Unknown
c. 1820
A mahogany armchair with caned back, sides, and seat supported by turned legs on casters. The a…
Armchair
Unknown
c. 1800-1825
An American mahogany Chippendale-style chair with a curlicue back splat, heavily-carved crest s…
Side Chair
Unknown
c. 1760
A Victorian side chair upholstered in gold brocade with a tufted back from three-piece suite co…
Side Chair
Unknown
c. 1870
A mahogany side chair in the Sheraton style with an upholstered seat in gold damask, straight r…
Side Chair
Unknown
c. 1800
Telfair Museum
Copyright © Telfair Museum