Object Number 1958.2290

Object Name

Chair (Side chair)

Category

Furniture

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

Thomas Affleck (Cabinetmaker)-1795

Cora Ginsburg LLC (Fabric retailer)

A. H. Lee (Fabric manufacturer)

Lee Behren Silks, Ltd. (Printer)

Place of Origin

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

Secondary Place of Origin

Lyon, France, Europe

Secondary Origin Notes

Per fabric dealer, Cora Ginsburg, this fabric was made in Lyon, France, as a reproduction of French silk of the 1760-65 era. The late construction date for the fabric is 1924.

Date

1769-1770

Materials

Mahogany; Cedar; Silk

Techniques

Woven (brocaded)

Dimensions (inches)

36.75 (H) , 23.75 (W) , 23.75 (D) , 12.75 (Repeat Height)

Dimensions (centimeters)

93.345 (H) , 60.325 (W) , 60.325 (D) , 32.385 (Repeat Height)

Measurement Notes

OW at knees, OD from front of seat to crest. Seat measurements, in inches: L: 18.0 ; W: 22.0 ; H: 2.75. (Sara Jatcko, 04/15/2009)

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] 2020 Formafantasma Cambio.
• Published: p. 80, no. 8
[Book] Oats, Joclyn M. 2022 An Illustrated Guide to Furniture History.
• Published: p. 97, fig. 3.86
[Book] Cooper, Wendy A. 2002 An American Vision: Henry Francis du Pont's Winterthur Museum.
• Published: fig. 1., p. 85. and fig.13 , p.99
[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. 138
[Book] Wainwright, Nicholas B. 1964 Colonial Grandeur: The House and Furniture of Colonel John Cadwalader.
• Cadwalader family furnishings and home discussed.
[Book] Anderson, Mark, et al. 1995 Cadwalader Study.
• Chair and related furniture discussed.
[Article] Graves, Leroy & Beckerdite, Luke. 2000 New Insights on John Cadwalader's Commode-Seat Side Chairs. American Furniture. 152-68.
• pp.152-168
[Article] 1996 "The Cadwalader Family: Art and Style in Early Philadelphia". Philadelphia Museum of Art Bulletin. (Fall)
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[Manuscript] Bertrand, Rebecca & Parks, Sarah. Seasonal Change Study.
• See Curator of Textiles for Seasonal Change Study binder discussing this object.
[Thesis] Devlin, Shannon Marie. 2015 "Nine Mahogany Table…Two Marble Slabbs and Stands…and a Cow": The First Generation Furniture of Drayton Hall. M.A. Clemson University Historic Preservation
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