1957.0753.001 stool with 1984.0624.001 slip seat view 1
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Stool (Window stool)

  • Category:

    Furniture

  • Place of Origin:

    Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

  • Date:

    1810-1825

  • Materials:

    Tulip poplar; Gilt; Metal; Brass; Paint

  • Techniques:

    Painted, Gilded

  • Museum Object Number:

    1957.0753.001


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Object Number

1957.0753.001

Object Name

Stool (Window stool)

Category

Furniture

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Place of Origin

Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Date

1810-1825

Materials

Tulip poplar; Gilt; Metal; Brass; Paint

Techniques

Painted, Gilded

Dimensions (inches)

16.25 (H) , 45 (W) , 14.125 (D)

Dimensions (centimeters)

41.275 (H) , 114.3 (W) , 35.878 (D)

Measurement Notes

OH is with cushion. OW and OD are at frame. H (rails) 13.1875 in.; D (feet) 13.5 in.; W (feet) 40.625 in.

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Montgomery, Charles F., et al. 1966 American Furniture: The Federal Period, in the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum.
Published as no. 280.
[Catalogue] Elder, William D. 1972 Baltimore Painted Furniture, 1800-1840.
See cat. no. 25, p. 48, for a window stool from the same set, previously owned by the Wilson Family of Baltimore.
[Book] Fennimore, Donald L. 1996 Metalwork in Early America: Copper and Its Alloys from the Winterthur Collection.
Published: cat.285, p.405