Transition Dutch Chair with Spanish Feet: The chair is pictured in honey/amber dyed maple with a carved Pillow Top and Spanish Feet. I made three of these chairs for the Princeton Theological Seminary. They already had two, one of which I borrowed and copied. Dutch Transition furniture incorporates details from earlier furniture styles as well as newer styles. The elaborate turnings on the “stretchers” or rungs of the chair are similar to older Dutch designs. The “pillow” or carved head rest in the top is also found in later period Queen Anne style furniture.
I also crafted a walnut refectory table for the seminary with a carved skirt. I copied a table pictured in Wallace Nutting’s “Furniture Treasury“. The seminary later commissioned a matching tall side table to serve as a Bible stand. Click below to see a photo of the Seminary Chapel with the refectory table and chairs in place. The Bible stand wasn’t built until later, so I include a separate photo of the stand.
A fun fact is that my wife and I were married in the chapel before it was renovated, the organ was rebuilt, and my furniture was added. I don’t remember a Transition Dutch Chair, the Chapel had a linoleum floor, the organ didn’t shine, and the interior needed painting, not that I was paying that much attention to my surroundings.
Side table used as a Bible stand
Refectory Table and Chairs in the Princeton Theological Seminary
