Object Number 1959.1882

Object Name

Chair (Armchair)

Category

Furniture

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest 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

Date

1765-1785

Materials

Mahogany; Maple, soft; Birch

Dimensions (inches)

37.325 (H) , 27.25 (W) , 22.75 (D)

Dimensions (centimeters)

94.806 (H) , 69.215 (W) , 57.785 (D)

Measurement Notes

OW is at arms. OD is at feet.

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Downs, Joseph & du Pont, Henry Francis. 1952 American Furniture: Queen Anne and Chippendale Periods, in the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum.
• Published: no. 46.
[Book] Hornor, William Macpherson. 1977 Blue book: Philadelphia furniture, William Penn to George Washington.
• For a related chair, see pl. 321.
[Book] Richards, Nancy E. & Evans, Nancy Goyne. 1997 New England Furniture at Winterthur: Queen Anne and Chippendale Periods.
• Published: cat. no. 60, pp. 110-11.