Object Number 1957.0694

Object Name

Window seat (Window stool)

Category

Furniture

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

Samuel McIntire (Carver)
1757-1811
References: Frank Cousins, The Wood-Carver of Salem: Samuel McInture, his life and work (Boston: Little, Brown, 1916); Fiske Kimball, Mr. Samuel McIntire, Carver: The Architect of Salem (Portland, ME: The Southworth-Anthoensen Press; published for the Essex Institute of Salem, Massachusetts, 1940); Mabel Munson Swan, Samuel McInture, carver, and the Sandersons, early Salem cabinet makers (Salem, MA: The Essex Institute, 1934).

Place of Origin

Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America

Secondary Place of Origin

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

Secondary Origin Notes

This window seat was upholstered at Winterthur with fabric made by Brunschwig & Fils, of New York c. 1974.

Date

1795-1800

Materials

Mahogany; Ebony; Birch; Pine, white; Silk

Techniques

Woven (compound)

Dimensions (inches)

28.25 (H) , 51.5 (W) , 17.5 (D)

Dimensions (centimeters)

71.755 (H) , 130.81 (W) , 44.45 (D)

Measurement Notes

OH to upholstery; OW at front arm; OD of seat. H (to top of arm fronts) 27.875 in. (70.7 cm); W (back of arms) 39.375 in. (99.9 cm); W (front feet) 48 in. (121.8 cm); W (back feet) 37 in. (93.8 cm).

Object Description

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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. 263.