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Chair (Armchair)
Unidentified
1750-1800
Category
Furniture
Creator/Artist/Maker
Unidentified (Furniture maker)
Place of Origin
Pennsylvania; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Materials
- Maple
- Rush
Museum Object Number
1959.2382
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1959.2382
Object Name
Chair (Armchair)
Category
Furniture
Creator (Role)
Unidentified (Furniture maker)
Place of Origin
Pennsylvania; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Origin Notes
Southeastern Pennsylvania
Date
1750-1800
Materials
- Maple
- Rush
Construction Description
Seat re-rushed, 1961.
Dimensions (inches)
45.5 (H) x 24.5 (W) x 22.25 (D)
Dimensions (centimeters)
115.57 (H) x 62.23 (W) x 56.515 (D)
Measurement Notes
OW at feet, OD from front of arm to back of slat.
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Thesis: Bacon, John M. 1991 Delaware Valley Slatback Chairs: A Formal and Analytical Survey". M.A. University of Delaware Winterthur Program in Early American Culture
Catalogue: Minardi, Lisa. 2015 A Colorful Folk: Pennsylvania Germans & the Art of Everyday Life.
• Published: fig. 24, p.24