Chair (Armchair)

  • Category:

    Furniture

  • Creator (Role):

    Unknown (Furniture maker)

  • Place of Origin:

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

  • Date:

    1690-1720

  • Materials:

    Walnut, black; Walnut; Cane

  • Museum Object Number:

    1955.0130


  • Complete Details



Object Number

1955.0130

Object Name

Chair (Armchair)

Category

Furniture

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of David H. Stockwell

Creator (Role)

Unknown (Furniture maker)
This record is to be used when the maker of an object is unknown.

Place of Origin

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

Date

1690-1720

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Label; attached at center back of crest rail; Oval brass plate engraved: "CHAIR/ OF/ THOMAS LLOYD/ Governor of Pennsylvania/ 1684 to 1693."

Materials

Walnut, black; Walnut; Cane

Dimensions (inches)

43.875 (H) , 25.625 (W) , 22.875 (D)

Dimensions (centimeters)

111.443 (H) , 65.088 (W) , 58.103 (D)

Measurement Notes

OW at arms; OD from back of crest to front of arms. H (seat) 16.375 in. (41.6 cm); W (crest) 17.5 in. (44.3 cm); (seat) 22.875 in. (58.1 cm); W (feet) 24.75 in. (62.8 cm); D (seat) 16.25 in. (41.2 cm).

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Manuscript] Bertrand, Rebecca & Parks, Sarah. Seasonal Change Study.
See Curator of Textiles for Seasonal Change Study binder discussing this object.
[Book] Forman, Benno M. 1988 American Seating Furniture, 1630-1730: An Interpretive Catalog.
Published: cat. no. 57, pp. 272-75;
[Book] Lindsey, Jack L. 1999 Worldly Goods: The Arts of Early Pennsylvania, 1680-1758.
Published: fig. 6, p. 5 and no. 137, p. 170.