Furniture
Unknown (Furniture maker)
Boston Area, Suffolk, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
Europe
1750-1775
Walnut, black; Maple, hard; Silk
Woven (brocaded)
1958.2595
Object Number1958.2595 |
Chair (Armchair)
Furniture
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
Unknown (Furniture maker)
This record is to be used when the maker of an object is unknown.
Boston Area, Suffolk, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
Europe
The silk brocaded fabric used to upholster this chair seat appears to have been made in Europe between 1870-1900.
1750-1775
Walnut, black; Maple, hard; Silk
Woven (brocaded)
39.5 (H) , 28.5 (W) , 23.5 (D)
100.33 (H) , 72.39 (W) , 59.69 (D)
OW is at arms. OD is at feet.
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[Book] Richards, Nancy E. & Evans, Nancy Goyne. 1997 New England Furniture at Winterthur: Queen Anne and Chippendale Periods.
• Published: cat. no. 94, pp. 174-76.
[Book] Downs, Joseph & du Pont, Henry Francis. 1952 American Furniture: Queen Anne and Chippendale Periods, in the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum.
• Published: figure 20.
[Book] Comstock, Helen. 1962 American Furniture: seventeenth, eighteenth and nineteenth-century styles.
• Illustrated: figure 145.