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On Display: House - Hart Room
Chair (Side chair)
Unidentified
1650-1690
Category
Furniture
Creator/Artist/Maker
Unidentified (Furniture maker)
Place of Origin
Massachusetts or New Hampshire; New England; United States; North America
Materials
- Ash, black
- Maple
- Buckeye
- Rush
- Paint
Museum Object Number
1958.0693
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Henry Francis du Pont
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Complete Details
Object Number
1958.0693
Object Name
Chair (Side chair)
Category
Furniture
Creator (Role)
Unidentified (Furniture maker)
Place of Origin
Massachusetts or New Hampshire; New England; United States; North America
Origin Notes
Origin is eastern Massachusetts, probably northern Essex County, Massachusetts, or southern New Hampshire.
Date
1650-1690
Materials
- Ash, black
- Maple
- Buckeye
- Rush
- Paint
Dimensions (inches)
36.875 (H) x 20 (W) x 17.5 (D)
Dimensions (centimeters)
93.66 (H) x 50.8 (W) x 44.45 (D)
Measurement Notes
OH to left post; OW at feet; OD from back of left post to front of feet. H (seat) 15.375 in. (40.0 cm); W (posts) 15 in. (38.0 cm); W (seat) 19.625 in. (49.8 cm); D (seat) 13.5 in. (34.3 cm).
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Forman, Benno M. 1988 American Seating Furniture, 1630-1730: An Interpretive Catalog.
• cat. no. 3, pp. 96-98