Upholstered Back Stool
Period1770 - 1800
MediumMahogany, and maple or cherry
Dimensions39 × 23 × 20.5 in. (99.1 × 58.4 × 52.1 cm)
ClassificationsSeating Furniture
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Amory L. Haskell in memory of his mother Mrs. J. Amory Haskell, 1944
Object number1939
DescriptionAn upholstered side chair called a back stool with the seat and square arched back covered in olive green corded wool fabric, the back couched with eight buttons. The frame of the chair consists of chamfered square legs with enclosed stretchers in mahogany, and secondary wood of maple or cherry. The original foundation upholstery remains on the back with remnants of its silk cover fabric attached to the original cast shank brass tacks that were reused when the chair was recovered in the present green "rep" fabric. The foundation upholstery of the seat has been replaced.Curatorial RemarksMuch evidence survives of the original upholstery treatment on this back stool. The original foundation upholstery remains on the back, and remnants of the original silk cover are still attached to the original cast shank brass tacks. The tacks were reused when the chair was recovered with the present green "rep" fabric and tape.
Collections
ProvenancePlaced on loan with the Association on 22 October 1936 by Mrs. J. Amory Haskell, and described as "1 Martha Washington chair. upholstered in green rep;" returned to the Haskell estate on 17 April 1944; sold at the Parke-Bernet Galleries in New York on 19 May 1944 as part of the Haskell Collection, Part II, lot 584; bought in for $140.00 and returned to the Association as a gift from Mr. and Mrs. Amory L. Haskell in memory of his mother Mrs. J. Amory Haskell.
