Object Number 1978.0110

Object Name

Chair (Armchair)

Category

Furniture

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase

Creator (Role)

Unknown (Furniture maker)
This record is to be used when the maker of an object is unknown.

Place of Origin

Boston or Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America

Origin Notes

Origin is Boston or Charlestown, Massachusetts. Forman believes this chair and an almost exact duplicate in the Shelburne Museum were made by one of the large turneries in Boston or nearby Charlestown.

Date

1650-1700

Materials

Tulip poplar; Oak, white; Rush; Paint

Techniques

Painted

Dimensions (inches)

43.375 (H) , 23.5 (W) , 18.5 (D)

Dimensions (centimeters)

110.172 (H) , 59.69 (W) , 46.99 (D)

Measurement Notes

OH at stile, OW at arms, OD from front arms to rear slats. H (seat) 16 in. (40.6 cm); W (seat) 22.5 in. (57.1 cm); D (seat) 16.375 in. (41.6 cm).

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Forman, Benno M. 1988 American Seating Furniture, 1630-1730: An Interpretive Catalog.
• Published: cat. no. 14, pp. 122-23.