Two painted side chairs said to have been made by Jefferson Davis and used at Fort Winnebago, Portage, possibly 1829-1831.
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- Created Date
- 1829-1831
- Description
The wide crest rails, vase-shaped splats, and sloping backs of this pair of side chairs suggests the influence of the empire or late classical revival style, first popularized in the eastern United States in the 1820s; variations on the style persisted throughout the nineteenth century. The chairs' surface ornament, including red-on-black painted graining and a building and figure stenciled in gold, reflects another popular mid-nineteenth-century American trend known as the Fancy style.
- Partner
- Recollection Wisconsin
- Contributing Institution
- Wisconsin Historical Society
- Subjects
- Furniture
Side chair
Chairs (furniture forms)
Seating furniture
Furnishings (artifacts)
Furnishings and equipment - Type
- physical object
- Format
- Painted and stenciled wood
- Rights
- © 2008 by the Fort Winnebago Surgeons' Quarters, Wisconsin Society Daughters of the American Revolution. Contact the owner for more information. http://www.fortwinnebagosurgeonsquarters.org
- Chicago citation style
- Two painted side chairs said to have been made by Jefferson Davis and used at Fort Winnebago, Portage, possibly 1829-1831.. 1829-1831. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/wda/id/1893. (Accessed March 28, 2024.)
- APA citation style
- (1829-1831) Two painted side chairs said to have been made by Jefferson Davis and used at Fort Winnebago, Portage, possibly 1829-1831.. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/wda/id/1893
- MLA citation style
- Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/wda/id/1893>.