1960.1058 Chair, Easy Chair, view 4
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Chair (Easy chair)

  • Category:

    Furniture

  • Creator (Role):

    Unknown (Furniture maker)

  • Place of Origin:

    Charleston, South Carolina, South, United States, North America

  • Date:

    1760-1770

  • Materials:

    Mahogany; Cypress; Tulip poplar

  • Museum Object Number:

    1960.1058


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Object Number

1960.1058

Object Name

Chair (Easy chair)

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

Charleston, South Carolina, South, United States, North America

Date

1760-1770

Materials

Mahogany; Cypress; Tulip poplar

Dimensions (inches)

48.25 (H) , 36.5 (W) , 33 (D)

Dimensions (centimeters)

122.555 (H) , 92.71 (W) , 83.82 (D)

Measurement Notes

OW at arms, OD from front of seat to crest.

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[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. 90
[Article] Trent, Robert F. 1993 "Mid-Atlantic Easy Chairs". American Furniture.
Published: fig. 1, p.203
[Book] Rauschenberg, Bradford L. & Bivins, John Franklin. 2003 The Furniture of Charleston.
Published: vol. 1, pp. 414-416
[Book] Cooper, Wendy A. 2002 An American Vision: Henry Francis du Pont's Winterthur Museum.
Published: fig. 1, p.85
[Book] Sweeney, John A. H. 1963 The Treasure House of Early American Rooms.
Published: p. 66
[Manuscript] Bertrand, Rebecca & Parks, Sarah. Seasonal Change Study.
See Curator of Textiles for Seasonal Change Study binder discussing this object.
[Book] Hummel, Charles F. 1976 A Winterthur Guide to Chippendale Furniture: Middle Atlantic and Southern Colonies.
Published: fig. 50.