1958.2595 Arm chair
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Chair (Armchair)

  • Category:

    Furniture

  • Creator (Role):

    Unknown (Furniture maker)

  • Place of Origin:

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

  • Secondary Place of Origin:

    Europe

  • Date:

    1750-1775

  • Materials:

    Walnut, black; Maple, hard; Silk

  • Techniques:

    Woven (brocaded)

  • Museum Object Number:

    1958.2595


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Object Number

1958.2595

Object Name

Chair (Armchair)

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

Secondary Place of Origin

Europe

Secondary Origin Notes

The silk brocaded fabric used to upholster this chair seat appears to have been made in Europe between 1870-1900.

Date

1750-1775

Materials

Walnut, black; Maple, hard; Silk

Techniques

Woven (brocaded)

Dimensions (inches)

39.5 (H) , 28.5 (W) , 23.5 (D)

Dimensions (centimeters)

100.33 (H) , 72.39 (W) , 59.69 (D)

Measurement Notes

OW is at arms. OD is at feet.

Object Description

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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. 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.