Chair (Side chair)

Museum Object Number 1958.2290

Object Name

Chair (Side chair)

Category

Furniture

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

Thomas Affleck (Cabinetmaker)

Cora Ginsburg LLC (Fabric retailer)

A. H. Lee (Fabric manufacturer)

Lee Behren Silks, Ltd. (Printer)

Date of Death

1795

Place of Origin

Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Secondary Place of Origin

Lyon, France, Europe

Secondary Origin Notes

Per fabric dealer, Cora Ginsburg, this fabric was made in Lyon, France, as a reproduction of French silk of the 1760-65 era. The late construction date for the fabric is 1924.

Date

1769-1770

Materials

Mahogany; Cedar; Silk

Techniques

Woven (brocaded)

Dimensions (inches)

36.75 (H) , 23.75 (W) , 23.75 (D) , 12.75 (Repeat Height)

Dimensions (centimeters)

93.345 (H) , 60.325 (W) , 60.325 (D) , 32.385 (Repeat Height)

Measurement Notes

OW at knees, OD from front of seat to crest. Seat measurements, in inches: L: 18.0 ; W: 22.0 ; H: 2.75. (Sara Jatcko, 04/15/2009)

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] 2020 Formafantasma Cambio.
• Published: p. 80, no. 8
[Book] Oats, Joclyn M. 2022 An Illustrated Guide to Furniture History.
• Published: p. 97, fig. 3.86
[Book] Cooper, Wendy A. 2002 An American Vision: Henry Francis du Pont's Winterthur Museum.
• Published: fig. 1., p. 85. and fig.13 , p.99
[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. 138
[Book] Wainwright, Nicholas B. 1964 Colonial Grandeur: The House and Furniture of Colonel John Cadwalader.
• Cadwalader family furnishings and home discussed.
[Book] Anderson, Mark, et al. 1995 Cadwalader Study.
• Chair and related furniture discussed.
[Article] Graves, Leroy & Beckerdite, Luke. 2000 New Insights on John Cadwalader's Commode-Seat Side Chairs. American Furniture. 152-68.
• pp.152-168
[Article] 1996 "The Cadwalader Family: Art and Style in Early Philadelphia". Philadelphia Museum of Art Bulletin. (Fall)
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[Manuscript] Bertrand, Rebecca & Parks, Sarah. Seasonal Change Study.
• See Curator of Textiles for Seasonal Change Study binder discussing this object.
[Thesis] Devlin, Shannon Marie. 2015 "Nine Mahogany Table…Two Marble Slabbs and Stands…and a Cow": The First Generation Furniture of Drayton Hall. M.A. Clemson University Historic Preservation
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