Chair (Side chair)

Museum Object Number 1954.0534

Object Name

Chair (Side chair)

Category

Furniture

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase

Creator (Role)

Eliphalet Chapin (Possible maker)

Aaron Chapin (Possible maker)

Date of Birth

1741

Date of Death

1807

Place of Origin

East Windsor or Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, Connecticut River Valley, United States, North America

Origin Notes

Previously catalogued as possibly Norwich, Connecticut.

Date

1775-1790

Materials

Cherry; Pine, white

Dimensions (inches)

38.125 (H) , 22 (W) , 18.875 (D)

Dimensions (centimeters)

96.838 (H) , 55.88 (W) , 47.943 (D)

Measurement Notes

OW is of crest; OD is of feet. H (seat) 16 in. (40.6 cm); W (seat front) 21 in. (53.3 cm); W (seat back) 16.25 in. (41.3 cm); W (feet) 20.875 in. (53.0 cm); D (seat) 16.625 in. (42.2 cm).

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Richards, Nancy E. & Evans, Nancy Goyne. 1997 New England Furniture at Winterthur: Queen Anne and Chippendale Periods.
• Published: cat. no. 48, pp. 84-86.
[Article] Zimmerman, Philip D. 1988 Regionalism in American Furniture, in Ward, Gerald W. R. 1988. Perspectives on American Furniture.
• Published: Fig. 6, pp. 26-28.
[Book] Montgomery, Florence. 1970 Printed Textiles: English and American Cottons and Linens 1700-1850.
• Textile with same pattern as 1969.5663, p. 273, fig. 287
[Manuscript] Bertrand, Rebecca & Parks, Sarah. Seasonal Change Study.
• See Curator of Textiles for Seasonal Change Study binder discussing this object.