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On Display: House - Pennsylvania Folk Art Room
Chair (Side chair)
1730-1740
Category
Furniture
Place of Origin
Germantown; Pennsylvania; Philadelphia; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Materials
- Walnut, black
Museum Object Number
1966.0698
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1966.0698
Object Name
Chair (Side chair)
Category
Furniture
Place of Origin
Germantown; Pennsylvania; Philadelphia; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Origin Notes
Origin is probably Germantown.
Date
1730-1740
Materials
- Walnut, black
Dimensions (inches)
43.75 (H) x 18.5 (W) x 15.25 (D)
Dimensions (centimeters)
111.1 (H) x 47 (W) x 38.7 (D)
Measurement Notes
OH to right rear post; OW at seat and feet; OD from post to front feet. H (crest) 16.25 in.
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Article: Minardi, Lisa. 2013 Philadelphia, Funriture, and the Pennsylvania Germans: A Reevaluation. American Furniture. 196-292.
• Published: p. 210, fig. 21.Book: Lindsey, Jack L. 1999 Worldly Goods: The Arts of Early Pennsylvania, 1680-1758.
• A mate to this chair is illus. on p. 168, fig. 125.