Object Number 1954.0021

Object Name

Chair (Side chair)

Category

Furniture

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

Eliphalet Chapin (Possible maker)
1741-1807

Aaron Chapin (Possible maker)

Place of Origin

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

Origin Notes

Attributed to Eliphalet Chapin (1741-1807) or Aaron Chapin, or another area craftsman, active in East Windsor (or vicinity) or possibly Hartford, Connecticut.

Date

1770-1785

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Label; inside of rear seat rail; [See Multimedia for image]

Materials

Cherry; Pine, white

Dimensions (inches)

38.5 (H) , 22.625 (W) , 20.25 (D)

Dimensions (centimeters)

97.79 (H) , 57.468 (W) , 51.435 (D)

Measurement Notes

OW and OD is at feet. H (seat) 16.125 in. (41.0 cm); W (crest) 22.5 in. (57.1 cm); W (seat front) 21.125 in. (53.7 cm); W (seat back) 16.5 in. (41.9 cm); D (crest to center of front feet) 20 in. (50.7 cm); D (seat) 16.75 in. (42.5 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 1969.5669, p. 273, fig. 287
[Manuscript] Bertrand, Rebecca & Parks, Sarah. Seasonal Change Study.
• See Curator of Textiles for Seasonal Change Study binder discussing this object.