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On Display: House - Port Royal Parlor
Chair (Easy chair)
Unidentified
1760-1775
Category
Furniture
Creator/Artist/Maker
Unidentified (Furniture maker)
Place of Origin
Philadelphia; Pennsylvania; Philadelphia; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Materials
- Mahogany
- Wood
- Silk
Museum Object Number
1959.3388
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1959.3388
Object Name
Chair (Easy chair)
Category
Furniture
Creator (Role)
Unidentified (Furniture maker)
Place of Origin
Philadelphia; Pennsylvania; Philadelphia; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Secondary Place of Origin
Europe
Secondary Origin Notes
Previously attributed to Italy, 1700-1725, this fabric was probably made in Europe between 1725-1800.
Date
1760-1775
Materials
- Mahogany
- Wood
- Silk
Techniques
- Woven (damask)
Dimensions (inches)
47.5 (H) x 37.75 (W) x 32.5 (D)
Dimensions (centimeters)
120.65 (H) x 95.885 (W) x 82.55 (D)
Measurement Notes
OW is at the arms.
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: no. 92.Catalogue: American Galleries. 1929 Loan Exhibition of eighteenth and early nineteenth-century furniture and glass...for the benefit of the National Council of Girl Scouts, Inc.; September 25th-October 9th, 1929.
• Published: cat. no. 620.Book: Thornton, Peter. 1965 Baroque and Rococo Silks.
• Related fabric: pl.114a, p.194Book: Sweeney, John A. H. 1963 The Treasure House of Early American Rooms.
• Chair from set published: p. 65Manuscript: Bertrand, Rebecca & Parks, Sarah. Seasonal Change Study.
• See Curator of Textiles for Seasonal Change Study binder discussing this object.