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Chair (Side chair)
Unidentified
1815-1825
Category
Furniture
Creator/Artist/Maker
Unidentified (Furniture Maker)
Place of Origin
Baltimore; Maryland; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Materials
- Cherry
- Maple
- Tulip poplar
- Pine
- Paint
Museum Object Number
1992.0029.002
Credit Line/Donor
Museum purchase with funds provided by the Special Fund for Collection Objects
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Object Number
1992.0029.002
Object Name
Chair (Side chair)
Category
Furniture
Creator (Role)
Unidentified (Furniture Maker)
Place of Origin
Baltimore; Maryland; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Date
1815-1825
Materials
- Cherry
- Maple
- Tulip poplar
- Pine
- Paint
Techniques
- Painted
Dimensions (inches)
31.875 (H) x 20.125 (W) x 21.625 (D)
Dimensions (centimeters)
80.963 (H) x 51.118 (W) x 54.928 (D)
Measurement Notes
OD is at feet. OW is at crest. H (seat) 17.125 in.; W (seat) 18.5 in.; D (seat frame) 15.5 in.; W (feet) 18.5.
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Schaffner, Cynthia V.A. & Klein, Susan. 1997 American Painted Furniture.
• Published as fig. 3.8 on p. 60.Book: Cooper, Wendy A. 2002 An American Vision: Henry Francis du Pont's Winterthur Museum.
• Published: fig. 20, p. 176.Article: Evans, Nancy Goyne. 1998 "The Christian M. Nestell Drawing Book: A Focus on the Ornamental Painter and His Craft in Early Nineteenth-Century America". American Furniture. 1998: 99-163.
• Published: fig. 96, p.154.Book: Priddy, Sumpter. 2004 American Fancy: Exuberance in the Arts, 1790-1840.
• Published: figs. 100-101, pp. 60-61.Book: Miller, George L. 1937 American Antique Furniture. I.
• Another chair from this set is illustrated as no. 319, owned by Mrs. Joseph Whyte.