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Chair (Easy chair)
Unidentified
1715-1730
Category
Furniture
Creator/Artist/Maker
Unidentified (Furniture maker)
Place of Origin
Boston; Massachusetts; Suffolk; New England; United States; North America
Materials
- Maple, soft
- Maple, hard
- Oak, red
- Wool
Museum Object Number
1958.0538
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1958.0538
Object Name
Chair (Easy chair)
Category
Furniture
Creator (Role)
Unidentified (Furniture maker)
Place of Origin
Boston; Massachusetts; Suffolk; New England; United States; North America
Secondary Place of Origin
Europe
Secondary Origin Notes
This velvet fabric is probably 18th or early 19th century. A previous cataloger attributed it to Europe between 1700-1775.
Date
1715-1730
Materials
- Maple, soft
- Maple, hard
- Oak, red
- Wool
Techniques
- Woven (velvet)
Dimensions (inches)
50.875 (H) x 32.5 (W) x 32 (D)
Dimensions (centimeters)
129.223 (H) x 82.55 (W) x 81.28 (D)
Measurement Notes
OW at arms; OD from back of crest to front of feet. H (seat) 12.5 in. (31.8 cm); W (crest) 23 in. (58.3 cm); W (seat) 27 in. (68.6 cm); W (feet) 27 in. (68.6 cm); D (seat) 21 in. (53.2 cm).
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Manuscript: Bertrand, Rebecca & Parks, Sarah. Seasonal Change Study.
• See Curator of Textiles for Seasonal Change Study binder discussing this object.Book: Forman, Benno M. 1988 American Seating Furniture, 1630-1730: An Interpretive Catalog.
• Published: cat. no. 87, pp. 363 & 365-66.Article: Freund, Joan Barzilay & Keno, Leigh. 1998 "The Making and Marketing of Boston Seating Furniture in the Late Baroque Style". American Furniture. 1998: 1-40.
• Illustrated: fig. 13, pp. 9-11Book: Fitzgerald, Oscar P. 1995 Four Centuries of American Furniture.
• Illustrated: fig. II-6, pp.23