Object Number 1961.1191

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.

Scalamandré (Fabric manufacturer)

Charles Mullins (Upholsterer)

Place of Origin

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

Secondary Place of Origin

Long Island City, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Secondary Origin Notes

The upholstery fabric was manufactured by Scalamandre of New York, c. 1983.

Date

1735-1755

Materials

Maple, soft; Walnut; Wool

Techniques

Woven (damask)

Dimensions (inches)

45.37 (H) , 35.5 (W) , 35.62 (D)

Dimensions (centimeters)

115.25 (H) , 90.17 (W) , 90.49 (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: fig. 75.
[Book] Sweeney, John A. H. 1963 The Treasure House of Early American Rooms.
• Chair from set published: p. 74