Object Number 1958.1505

Object Name

Chair (Easy chair)

Category

Furniture

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

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

Place of Origin

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

Origin Notes

This chair was upholstered after 1930 and original stuffing material was replaced with new material.

Secondary Place of Origin

United States, North America

Secondary Origin Notes

The canvas work on this chair is believed to have been made in the United States 1720-1770. The woven fabric on the back was made in France 1680-1740.

Date

1750-1775

Materials

Walnut; Maple, soft; Wool; Linen

Techniques

Canvaswork, Embroidered

Dimensions (inches)

47 (H) , 35.25 (W) , 30 (D) , 12.5 (Repeat Height)

Dimensions (centimeters)

119.38 (H) , 89.535 (W) , 76.2 (D) , 31.75 (Repeat Height)

Measurement Notes

OW at arms; OD from crest back to front feet. H (seat) 12.5 in. (31.7 cm); W (wings) 28.75 in. (73.0 cm); W (seat front) 30 in. (76.2 cm); W (seat back) 24.25 in. (61.6 cm); W (feet) 31.125 in. (79.1 cm); D (seat) 22 in. (56.2 cm); D (feet) 25 in. (63.5 cm).

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Richards, Nancy E. & Evans, Nancy Goyne. 1997 New England Furniture at Winterthur: Queen Anne and Chippendale Periods.
• Published: cat. no. 79, pp. 144-45.
[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. 74.
[Book] Swan, Susan Burrows. 1977 Plain & Fancy: American Women and Their Needlework, 1700-1850.
• Published: p. 89-90, pl. 11
[Book] Cantor, Jay E. 1997 Winterthur. 264.
• Published: p. 214
[Book] Swan, Susan Burrows. 1995 Plain and Fancy: American Women and their Needlework, 1650-1850.
• Published: p. 95, pl. 11