Object Number 1957.0799.003

Object Name

Chair (Side chair)

Category

Furniture

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

Samuel McIntire (Furniture Maker)
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).

Scalamandré (Fabric manufacturer)

Place of Origin

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

Secondary Place of Origin

France, Europe

Secondary Origin Notes

This fabric was made by Scalamandre.

Date

1798-1798

Subjects

Elias Haskett Derby

Materials

Mahogany; Ebony; Ash; Birch; Pine, white

Dimensions (inches)

39.375 (H) , 21 (W) , 21 (D)

Dimensions (centimeters)

100.01 (H) , 53.34 (W) , 53.34 (D)

Measurement Notes

Due to an inability to reach it, this object was not re-measured during the re-cataloguing project.

Object Description

Text available soon.

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: no. 16.