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On Display: House - Centreville Room
Chair (Easy chair)
Unidentified, Brunschwig & Fils, Inc.
1740-1750
Category
Furniture
Creator/Artist/Maker
Unidentified (Furniture maker)
Place of Origin
Philadelphia; Pennsylvania; Philadelphia; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Materials
- Walnut
- Maple
- Silk
Museum Object Number
1960.1040
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1960.1040
Object Name
Chair (Easy chair)
Category
Furniture
Creator (Role)
Unidentified (Furniture maker); Brunschwig & Fils, Inc. (Fabric manufacturer)
Place of Origin
Philadelphia; Pennsylvania; Philadelphia; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Secondary Place of Origin
White Plains; New York; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Secondary Origin Notes
This chair was made between 1740 and 1750 and upholstered in 1983 with fabric manufactured by Brunschwig & Fils.
Date
1740-1750
Materials
- Walnut
- Maple
- Silk
Techniques
- Woven (damask)
Dimensions (inches)
47 (H) x 35.375 (W) x 33.75 (D)
Dimensions (centimeters)
119.38 (H) x 89.853 (W) x 85.725 (D)
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.76Book: Thornton, Peter. 1965 Baroque and Rococo Silks.
• Related fabric: pl.114a, p.194Book: Montgomery, Florence. 1970 Printed Textiles: English and American Cottons and Linens 1700-1850.
• Slip cover with Montgomery Design number T202, p. 125, fig. 83; Information on Arborescent Prints, pp. 120-125Book: Montgomery, Florence. 1970 Printed Textiles: English and American Cottons and Linens 1700-1850.
• Chair published: p. 125, fig. 83