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On Display: House - Empire Parlor
Stool (Window stool)
1810-1825
Category
Furniture
Place of Origin
Baltimore; Maryland; Baltimore; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Materials
- Tulip poplar
- Gilt
- Metal
- Brass
- Paint
Museum Object Number
1957.0753.001
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1957.0753.001
Object Name
Stool (Window stool)
Category
Furniture
Place of Origin
Baltimore; Maryland; Baltimore; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Date
1810-1825
Materials
- Tulip poplar
- Gilt
- Metal
- Brass
- Paint
Techniques
- Painted
- Gilded
Dimensions (inches)
16.25 (H) x 45 (W) x 14.125 (D)
Dimensions (centimeters)
41.275 (H) x 114.3 (W) x 35.878 (D)
Measurement Notes
OH is with cushion. OW and OD are at frame. H (rails) 13.1875 in.; D (feet) 13.5 in.; W (feet) 40.625 in.
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 as no. 280.Catalogue: Elder, William D. 1972 Baltimore Painted Furniture, 1800-1840.
• See cat. no. 25, p. 48, for a window stool from the same set, previously owned by the Wilson Family of Baltimore.Book: Fennimore, Donald L. 1996 Metalwork in Early America: Copper and Its Alloys from the Winterthur Collection.
• Published: cat.285, p.405