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On Display: House - Delaware Room
Chair (Armchair)
Unidentified
1680-1700
Category
Furniture
Creator/Artist/Maker
Unidentified (Furniture maker)
Place of Origin
Hingham; Massachusetts; Suffolk; New England; United States; North America
Materials
- Ash
- Flag
Museum Object Number
1958.0521
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1958.0521
Object Name
Chair (Armchair)
Category
Furniture
Creator (Role)
Unidentified (Furniture maker)
Place of Origin
Hingham; Massachusetts; Suffolk; New England; United States; North America
Origin Notes
Forman attributed this chair to perhaps the vicinity of Hingham, Massachusetts. He concluded it was made in the same shop as the Miles Standish chair, which descended through many generations of the Lincoln family of Hingham and is now in the collections of the Pilgrim Society, Plymouth, Massachusetts. However, he also believed the Standish chair was an urban product, produced in nearby Boston or Charlestown.
Date
1680-1700
Materials
- Ash
- Flag
Dimensions (inches)
43.25 (H) x 22.875 (W) x 20.375 (D)
Dimensions (centimeters)
109.9 (H) x 58.1 (W) x 51.75 (D)
Measurement Notes
OH to right post; OW at feet; OD from back of right post to front of feet. H (seat) 17.75 in. (45.1 cm); W (posts) 16 in. (40.5 cm); W (arms) 22.5 in. (57.0 cm);
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Forman, Benno M. 1988 American Seating Furniture, 1630-1730: An Interpretive Catalog.
• cat. no. 5, pp. 101-02