Object Number 1960.1040

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.

Brunschwig & Fils, Inc. (Fabric manufacturer)

Place of Origin

Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Secondary Place of Origin

White Plains, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Secondary Origin Notes

This chair was made between 1740 and 1750 and upholstered in 1983 with fabric manufactured by Brunschwig & Fils.

Date

1740-1750

Materials

Walnut; Maple; Silk

Techniques

Woven (damask)

Dimensions (inches)

47 (H) , 35.375 (W) , 33.75 (D)

Dimensions (centimeters)

119.38 (H) , 89.853 (W) , 85.725 (D)

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.76
[Book] Thornton, Peter. 1965 Baroque and Rococo Silks.
• Related fabric: pl.114a, p.194
[Book] Montgomery, Florence. 1970 Printed Textiles: English and American Cottons and Linens 1700-1850.
• Slip cover with Montgomery Design number T202, p. 125, fig. 83; Information on Arborescent Prints, pp. 120-125
[Book] Montgomery, Florence. 1970 Printed Textiles: English and American Cottons and Linens 1700-1850.
• Chair published: p. 125, fig. 83