1958.0065 Chair

Chair (Armchair)

  • Category:

    Furniture

  • Place of Origin:

    Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

  • Date:

    1752-1773

  • Materials:

    Walnut, black; Pine, red; Leather; Linen

  • Museum Object Number:

    1958.0065


  • Complete Details



Object Number

1958.0065

Object Name

Chair (Armchair)

Category

Furniture

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase

Place of Origin

Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Origin Notes

Probably made in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

Date

1752-1773

Materials

Walnut, black; Pine, red; Leather; Linen

Dimensions (inches)

46.625 (H) , 25.75 (W) , 27.5 (D)

Dimensions (centimeters)

118.428 (H) , 65.405 (W) , 69.85 (D)

Measurement Notes

OW at feet. OD from crest to center front feet.

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Bivins, John Franklin & Welshimer, Paula. 1981 Moravian Decorative Arts in North Carolina.

[Book] Cooper, Wendy A. & Minardi, Lisa. Paint, Pattern & People: Furniture of Southeastern Pennsylvania 1725-1850.

[Book] Davidson, Marshall B. 1967 The American Heritage History of Colonial Antiques.
Published: p. 311.
[Article] Eberlein, Harold Donaldson & Hubbard, Cortlandt Van Dyke. 1937 Baron Stiegel, Ironmaker and Glassmaker. American Collector. VI (6)
Published: p. 8, illustrated.
[Catalogue] Garvan, Beatrice B. & Hummel, Charles F. 1982 The Pennsylvania Germans: a celebration of their arts, 1683-1850. An exhibition organized by the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum.
Published: checklist no. 68, p. 178.
[Book] Heiges, George L. 1948 Henry William Stiegel and His Associates: A Story of Early American Industry.

[Book] Hutchins, Catherine E., et al. 1983 Arts of the Pennsylvania Germans.
Published: fig. 67., See: Benno M. Forman, “German Influences in Pennsylvania Furniture,” 102-170.
[Book] Lasansky, Jeannette. 1990 A Good Start: The Aussteier or Dowry.
Published: p. 66.