Object Number 1961.1150

Object Name

Chair (Side chair)

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

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

Origin Notes

Origin is probably Chester County, Pennsylvania.

Date

1700-1730

Materials

Walnut, black

Dimensions (inches)

43 (H) , 19 (W) , 18.5 (D)

Dimensions (centimeters)

109.22 (H) , 48.26 (W) , 46.99 (D)

Measurement Notes

OW is at the seat. OD is from the crest to the seat front.

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Forman, Benno M. 1988 American Seating Furniture, 1630-1730: An Interpretive Catalog.
• Published: no. 24, p. 159.
[Book] Cooper, Wendy A. & Minardi, Lisa. Paint, Pattern & People: Furniture of Southeastern Pennsylvania 1725-1850.
• Related example on p. 11, fig. 1.11.
[Book] Blades, Margaret Bleecker. 1987 Two Hundred Years of Chairs and Chairmaking: An Exhibition of Chairs from the Chester County Historical Society.
• Related example on p. 25.