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On Display: House - Queen Anne Dining Room
Chair (Armchair)
Unidentified, Brunschwig & Fils, Inc.
1800-1900
Category
Furniture
Creator/Artist/Maker
Unidentified (Furniture Maker)
Place of Origin
New York; New York; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Materials
- Mahogany
- Cherry
- Linen
- Cotton
Museum Object Number
1963.0613.001
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1963.0613.001
Object Name
Chair (Armchair)
Category
Furniture
Creator (Role)
Unidentified (Furniture Maker); Brunschwig & Fils, Inc. (Fabric manufacturer)
Place of Origin
New York; New York; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Secondary Place of Origin
White Plains; New York; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Secondary Origin Notes
This fabric was made by Brunschwig & Fils between 1980 and1987 as a reproduction of an original print which was probably French, c. 1765. The original fabric was previously used in the Queen Anne Dining Room on this set of chairs.
Date
1800-1900
Materials
- Mahogany
- Cherry
- Linen
- Cotton
Techniques
- Block printed
- Woven (plain)
- Resist style
Dimensions (inches)
36.25 (H) x 26.125 (W) x 25.5 (D)
Dimensions (centimeters)
92.075 (H) x 66.358 (W) x 64.77 (D)
Measurement Notes
OW at front of 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.17Article: Anderson, Mark. 1999 Uncovering the Secrets of the Queen Anne Dining Room. Winterthur Magazine. (Summer): 34-35.
• Published: p.34-35Book: Cantor, Jay E. 1997 Winterthur. 264.
• Published: p. 168Book: Sweeney, John A. H. 1963 The Treasure House of Early American Rooms.
• Published: p. 41Book: Montgomery, Florence. 1970 Printed Textiles: English and American Cottons and Linens 1700-1850.
• Textile with same pattern, p. 205, fig. 195; information regarding technique and origins of the printed design, pp. 194-207Book: Pettit, Florence Harvey. 1974 America's Indigo Blues : Resist-Printed and Dyed Textiles of the Eighteenth Century.
• Example of same pattern: fig. 60, p. 125