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On Display: House - Oyster Bay Room
Chair (Armchair)
Unidentified
1660-1715
Category
Furniture
Creator/Artist/Maker
Unidentified (Furniture maker)
Place of Origin
Norwich or New Lebanon; Connecticut; New London; New England; United States; North America
Materials
- Maple, soft
- Ash, black
- Rush
- Paint
Museum Object Number
1958.0691
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1958.0691
Object Name
Chair (Armchair)
Category
Furniture
Creator (Role)
Unidentified (Furniture maker)
Place of Origin
Norwich or New Lebanon; Connecticut; New London; New England; United States; North America
Origin Notes
Origin is Norwich or New Lebanon, New London County, Connecticut. At least a dozen chairs of this type have been found in the Norwich-New Lebanon area. They constitute what is possibly the largest group of surviving seventeenth-century American chairs. If they were made in Norwich, they could date as early as the 1660s. If they were made in Lebanon, they probably date around 1700, when that township was first settled.
Date
1660-1715
Materials
- Maple, soft
- Ash, black
- Rush
- Paint
Dimensions (inches)
43.125 (H) x 25 (W) x 23.125 (D)
Dimensions (centimeters)
109.54 (H) x 64 (W) x 58.74 (D)
Measurement Notes
OH at rear left post; OW at arms; OD from back posts to front of feet. H (seat) 15.5 in. (39.4 cm); W (seat) 24.75 in. (62.4 cm); D (seat) 23 in. (58.0 cm).