Side Chair
Unidentified Maker

Details
Title
Side Chair
Artist/Maker
Unidentified American Artist, possibly New York or New Orleans
Date
ca. 1850
Medium
Oak
Dimensions
69 1/2 x 10 1/2 x 19 3/8 inches
Credit
Virginia Carroll Crawford Collection
Accession #
1987.181
The Gothic Revival style, famously applied to the Houses of Parliament in London, developed in England during the 1830s in reaction to Neoclassicism, when critics argued that classical design was not as sacred as Gothic. Although never as popular in this country as it was in Europe, Gothic Revival was sometimes promoted for the design of picturesque cottages in the American countryside. The style was considered well-suited for heavy furniture in the front hall, where this chair from a house in Vicksburg, Mississippi, once stood.
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