Object Number 1958.2138

Object Name

Chair (Armchair)

Category

Furniture

Credit Line/Donor

Gift 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

Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America

Origin Notes

This chair is from the Boston area. This chair was re-upholstered in January 1969 by Joseph Li Volsi for Winterthur, and re-upholstered by the Conservation lab on6/2/94. At that time, the silk upholstery was replaced and a new ethafoam foundation was added.

Secondary Place of Origin

England, United Kingdom, Europe

Secondary Origin Notes

This fabric "Alberton Damask" was woven in England by Guy Humphries and 35 yards were purchased through Classical Revivals by Winterthur on 5/25/1999.

Date

1755-1785

Materials

Mahogany; Birch; Silk

Techniques

Woven (damask)

Dimensions (inches)

40.375 (H) , 26.75 (W) , 22.625 (D)

Dimensions (centimeters)

102.552 (H) , 67.945 (W) , 57.468 (D)

Measurement Notes

OW is at arms. OD is at feet.

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: fig. 96, pp. 179-80.
[Book] Downs, Joseph & du Pont, Henry Francis. 1952 American Furniture: Queen Anne and Chippendale Periods, in the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum.
• Published: no. 21.
[Catalogue] American Galleries. 1929 Loan Exhibition of eighteenth and early nineteenth-century furniture and glass...for the benefit of the National Council of Girl Scouts, Inc.; September 25th-October 9th, 1929.
• Published: cat. no. 605.
[Book] Thornton, Peter. 1965 Baroque and Rococo Silks.
• Related fabric: pl.114a, p.194
[Manuscript] Bertrand, Rebecca & Parks, Sarah. Seasonal Change Study.
• See Curator of Textiles for Seasonal Change Study binder discussing this object.
[Book] Montgomery, Florence. 1970 Printed Textiles: English and American Cottons and Linens 1700-1850.
• Textile with Montgomery Design Number: T27, p. 207, fig. 202