- Seating
- Corner Chair
Corner Chair
JM
John McAlister Jr.
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Maker Name
McAlister, John W., Jr. (deceased)
Accession Number
2018.225
Period
Chippendale
Materials
Mahogany
Dimensions
32 1/4"H x 29 1/2" W x 29 1/2" D
Year Made
1974
Corner chair built from a photograph appearing on page 75 of Albert Sack's Fine Points of Furniture: Early American, (9th ed., 1967).
In the photograph, the seat looked diamond shaped but every corner chair I had ever seen had, essentially, a square seat, so I made mine square! Years later I saw the original in the Karolik collection in Boston's MFA. The seat is indeed diamond shaped!
It's always been one of my favorites; even with the square seat!