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On Display: House - Pennsylvania Folk Art Room
Chair (Side chair)
1710-1740
Category
Furniture
Place of Origin
Pennsylvania; Chester; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Materials
- Walnut, black
- Maple
Museum Object Number
1964.1780
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1964.1780
Object Name
Chair (Side chair)
Category
Furniture
Place of Origin
Pennsylvania; Chester; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Date
1710-1740
Materials
- Walnut, black
- Maple
Dimensions (inches)
43.25 (H) x 19.375 (W) x 20.5 (D)
Dimensions (centimeters)
109.855 (H) x 49.212 (W) x 52.07 (D)
Measurement Notes
OW is at the seat front. OD is from seat front to crest.
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Forman, Benno M. 1988 American Seating Furniture, 1630-1730: An Interpretive Catalog.
• Published: no. 25, pp. 160-61.Book: Blades, Margaret Bleecker. 1987 Two Hundred Years of Chairs and Chairmaking: An Exhibition of Chairs from the Chester County Historical Society.
• For a related example, see p. 25, fig. 24.Book: Cooper, Wendy A. & Minardi, Lisa. Paint, Pattern & People: Furniture of Southeastern Pennsylvania 1725-1850.
• For more info. on wainscot chairs, see pp. 10-11.