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On Display: House - Blackwell Parlor
Chair (Easy chair)
Unidentified
1760-1770
Category
Furniture
Creator/Artist/Maker
Unidentified (Furniture maker)
Place of Origin
Charleston; South Carolina; South; United States; North America
Materials
- Mahogany
- Cypress
- Tulip poplar
Museum Object Number
1960.1058
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1960.1058
Object Name
Chair (Easy chair)
Category
Furniture
Creator (Role)
Unidentified (Furniture maker)
Place of Origin
Charleston; South Carolina; South; United States; North America
Date
1760-1770
Materials
- Mahogany
- Cypress
- Tulip poplar
Dimensions (inches)
48.25 (H) x 36.5 (W) x 33 (D)
Dimensions (centimeters)
122.555 (H) x 92.71 (W) x 83.82 (D)
Measurement Notes
OW at arms, OD from front of seat to crest.
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: fig. 90Article: Trent, Robert F. 1993 "Mid-Atlantic Easy Chairs". American Furniture.
• Published: fig. 1, p.203Book: Rauschenberg, Bradford L. & Bivins, John Franklin. 2003 The Furniture of Charleston.
• Published: vol. 1, pp. 414-416Book: Cooper, Wendy A. 2002 An American Vision: Henry Francis du Pont's Winterthur Museum.
• Published: fig. 1, p.85Book: Sweeney, John A. H. 1963 The Treasure House of Early American Rooms.
• Published: p. 66Manuscript: Bertrand, Rebecca & Parks, Sarah. Seasonal Change Study.
• See Curator of Textiles for Seasonal Change Study binder discussing this object.Book: Hummel, Charles F. 1976 A Winterthur Guide to Chippendale Furniture: Middle Atlantic and Southern Colonies.
• Published: fig. 50.