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On Display: House - Pennsylvania Folk Art Room
Chair (Side chair)
Unidentified
1700-1730
Category
Furniture
Creator/Artist/Maker
Unidentified (Furniture maker)
Place of Origin
Pennsylvania; Chester; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Materials
- Walnut, black
Museum Object Number
1961.1150
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1961.1150
Object Name
Chair (Side chair)
Category
Furniture
Creator (Role)
Unidentified (Furniture maker)
Place of Origin
Pennsylvania; Chester; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Origin Notes
Origin is probably Chester County, Pennsylvania.
Date
1700-1730
Materials
- Walnut, black
Dimensions (inches)
43 (H) x 19 (W) x 18.5 (D)
Dimensions (centimeters)
109.22 (H) x 48.26 (W) x 46.99 (D)
Measurement Notes
OW is at the seat. OD is from the crest to the seat front.
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.