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On Display: House - Phyfe Room
Chair (Armchair)
Duncan Phyfe
1807-1807
Category
Furniture
Creator/Artist/Maker
Duncan Phyfe (Furniture Maker)
Place of Origin
New York; New York; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Materials
- Mahogany
- Ash
- Cherry
- Silk
Museum Object Number
1957.0720.001
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1957.0720.001
Object Name
Chair (Armchair)
Category
Furniture
Creator (Role)
Duncan Phyfe (Furniture Maker)
Place of Origin
New York; New York; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Origin Notes
This chair was made in New York in 1807 and re-upholstered using modern fabric in the mid-20th century.
Secondary Place of Origin
France; Europe
Secondary Origin Notes
The upholstery fabric is a reproduction made in France by Prelle et Cie in 1966. It is a copy of the fabric on the retired window hangings 1957.1353.001-.003, formerly used in the Phyfe room.
Date
1807-1807
Materials
- Mahogany
- Ash
- Cherry
- Silk
Techniques
- Woven (compound)
Dimensions (inches)
33 (H) x 21 (W) x 23 (D)
Dimensions (centimeters)
83.82 (H) x 53.34 (W) x 58.42 (D)
Measurement Notes
OW at seat (outside of arm supports); OD from back of crest to front of feet. W (crest) 16.5 in. (41.8 cm); W (arms) 20.5 in. (52 cm); W (feet) 20.875 in. (52.9 cm).
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Montgomery, Charles F., et al. 1966 American Furniture: The Federal Period, in the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum.
• Published: no. 67Book: Evans, Nancy Goyne. 1996 American Windsor Chairs.
• Published: fig. 5-25, p. 206, compare the turned urns of the arm supports on a high-style New York chair to those on a high-back Windsor made by Henry Titus Shipman of Coxsackie, New York.Book: Burnham, Dorothy K. 1980 Warp and Weft: a Textile Terminology. 216.
• Discussion of lampas: p. 82-83Book: Sweeney, John A. H. 1963 The Treasure House of Early American Rooms.
• Published: p. 112Book: Hayward, Helena & Ash, Douglas. 1990 World Furniture: an illustrated history.
• Published: p. 198