1958.0538 chair with 1984.0646 slipcover view 2
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Chair (Easy chair)

  • Category:

    Furniture

  • Creator (Role):

    Unknown (Furniture maker)

  • Place of Origin:

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

  • Secondary Place of Origin:

    Europe

  • Date:

    1715-1730

  • Materials:

    Maple, soft; Maple, hard; Oak, red; Wool

  • Techniques:

    Woven (velvet)

  • Museum Object Number:

    1958.0538


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Object Number

1958.0538

Object Name

Chair (Easy 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

Secondary Place of Origin

Europe

Secondary Origin Notes

This velvet fabric is probably 18th or early 19th century. A previous cataloger attributed it to Europe between 1700-1775.

Date

1715-1730

Materials

Maple, soft; Maple, hard; Oak, red; Wool

Techniques

Woven (velvet)

Dimensions (inches)

50.875 (H) , 32.5 (W) , 32 (D)

Dimensions (centimeters)

129.223 (H) , 82.55 (W) , 81.28 (D)

Measurement Notes

OW at arms; OD from back of crest to front of feet. H (seat) 12.5 in. (31.8 cm); W (crest) 23 in. (58.3 cm); W (seat) 27 in. (68.6 cm); W (feet) 27 in. (68.6 cm); D (seat) 21 in. (53.2 cm).

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Manuscript] Bertrand, Rebecca & Parks, Sarah. Seasonal Change Study.
See Curator of Textiles for Seasonal Change Study binder discussing this object.
[Book] Forman, Benno M. 1988 American Seating Furniture, 1630-1730: An Interpretive Catalog.
Published: cat. no. 87, pp. 363 & 365-66.
[Article] Freund, Joan Barzilay & Keno, Leigh. 1998 "The Making and Marketing of Boston Seating Furniture in the Late Baroque Style". American Furniture. 1998: 1-40.
Illustrated: fig. 13, pp. 9-11
[Book] Fitzgerald, Oscar P. 1995 Four Centuries of American Furniture.
Illustrated: fig. II-6, pp.23