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On Display: House - Pennsylvania Folk Art Room
Chair (Armchair)
Unidentified
1715-1740
Category
Furniture
Creator/Artist/Maker
Unidentified (Furniture maker)
Place of Origin
Pennsylvania; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Materials
- Walnut, black
Museum Object Number
1967.1176
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1967.1176
Object Name
Chair (Armchair)
Category
Furniture
Creator (Role)
Unidentified (Furniture maker)
Place of Origin
Pennsylvania; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Origin Notes
Origin is Southeastern Pennsylvania, possibly Chester County.
Date
1715-1740
Materials
- Walnut, black
Dimensions (inches)
42.25 (H) x 22.75 (W) x 22.75 (D)
Dimensions (centimeters)
107.315 (H) x 57.785 (W) x 57.785 (D)
Measurement Notes
OW is at the arms. OD is from the crest to the handholds.
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Forman, Benno M. 1988 American Seating Furniture, 1630-1730: An Interpretive Catalog.
• Published: no. 30, pp. 170-71.Book: Schiffer, Margaret B. 1980 Arts and Crafts of Chester County.
• Related example, p. 82.Book: Blades, Margaret Bleecker. 1987 Two Hundred Years of Chairs and Chairmaking: An Exhibition of Chairs from the Chester County Historical Society.
Book: Cooper, Wendy A. & Minardi, Lisa. Paint, Pattern & People: Furniture of Southeastern Pennsylvania 1725-1850.
• For a discussion of Pennock and his furniture, see pp. 10-12 and p. 198, fn. 43.