Object Number 1951.0026

Object Name

Chair (Side chair)

Category

Furniture

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

Unknown (Furniture maker)
This record is to be used when the maker of an object is unknown.

Place of Origin

Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America

Origin Notes

Previously catalogued as possibly Newport, Rhode Island. Origin is northeastern Massachusetts, probably Boston.

Date

1730-1735

Materials

Maple, soft; Maple, hard

Dimensions (inches)

42.25 (H) , 20.125 (W) , 20.25 (D)

Dimensions (centimeters)

107.315 (H) , 51.118 (W) , 51.435 (D)

Measurement Notes

OW is of feet; OD is from the crest back to the front feet. H (seat) 17 in. (43.1 cm); W (crest) 14.375 in. (36.5 cm); W (seat front) 19.75 in. (50.2 cm); W (seat back) 15 in. (38.1 cm); D (seat) 16.25 in. (41.3 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. 16, pp. 30-31.