Museum Object Number1963.0613.007 |
Chair (Armchair)
Furniture
Gift of Henry Francis du Pont
Unknown (Furniture Maker)
Brunschwig & Fils, Inc. (Fabric manufacturer)
This record is to be used when the maker of an object is unknown.
New York, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
White Plains, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
This fabric was made by Brunschwig & Fils between 1980 and1987 as a reproduction of an original print which was probably French, c. 1765. The original fabric was previously used in the Queen Anne Dining Room on this set of chairs.
1800-1900
Mahogany; Cherry; Linen; Cotton
Block printed, Woven (plain), Resist style
36.25 (H) , 26.125 (W) , 25.5 (D)
92.075 (H) , 66.358 (W) , 64.77 (D)
OW at front of arms, OD from front of seat to crest.
Text available soon.
[Book] Downs, Joseph & du Pont, Henry Francis. 1952 American Furniture: Queen Anne and Chippendale Periods, in the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum.
• Published: fig.17
[Article] Anderson, Mark. 1999 Uncovering the Secrets of the Queen Anne Dining Room. Winterthur Magazine. (Summer): 34-35.
• Published: 34-35
[Book] Cantor, Jay E. 1997 Winterthur. 264.
• Published: p. 168
[Book] Sweeney, John A. H. 1963 The Treasure House of Early American Rooms.
• Published: p. 41
[Book] Montgomery, Florence. 1970 Printed Textiles: English and American Cottons and Linens 1700-1850.
• Textile with same pattern, p. 205, fig. 195; information regarding technique and origins of the printed design, pp. 194-207
[Book] Pettit, Florence Harvey. 1974 America's Indigo Blues : Resist-Printed and Dyed Textiles of the Eighteenth Century.
• Example of same pattern: fig. 60, p. 125