Saturday, June 29, 2013
SUMMER PRETTY
MAY DRIVE
MADISON TRIP
VINTAGE LURE
LANDS & PEOPLES
ESTATE SALE TOUR
EBAY OBJECT
341 OBJECT
ANTIQUE CHAIR- H J LINTON paris FRENCH RENAISSANCE revival- $51
From time to time I run across a piece of furniture with the unique ability to feel right at home in a wide variety of environments. This is such a piece.
en though its fine turnings and deeply carved panel at the crest rail echo the preferences of 16th and 17th Century France, the rich oak, straight lines and sturdy profile are in keeping with design standards of the Arts & Crafts Movement. Moreover, these same characteristics work well as that one special piece in a room full of American country – a wink at the joiner stools and tables used by our Pilgrim Fathers.
From time to time I run across a piece of furniture with the unique ability to feel right at home in a wide variety of environments. This is such a piece.
en though its fine turnings and deeply carved panel at the crest rail echo the preferences of 16th and 17th Century France, the rich oak, straight lines and sturdy profile are in keeping with design standards of the Arts & Crafts Movement. Moreover, these same characteristics work well as that one special piece in a room full of American country – a wink at the joiner stools and tables used by our Pilgrim Fathers.
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More puzzling is it purpose, at least for me. The popliteal height is only 16”, which make me wonder: "Might it be a youth chair?" Or was it intended as a seat for someone doing lowdown work. To some, an even more immediate question arises. “What the Devil is the “popliteal height?”
Total Height = 34"
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If it isn’t a youth chair, maybe it is simply a chair made for use in some country where people are short, such as France or the rain forests of the Republic of Congo. Like Pygmies, the French are little bitty people, or so I’ve been told.
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You can read the brass plaque easily, but to read the brand, you may need to turn your monitor upside-down or stand on your head, whichever is most practical.
AUDOBON DEAD BIRDS
ARNE IN MADISON
ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA
FERMENTATION- p 91-98 science/equations NO WANT!
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