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On Display: House - Marlboro Room
Chair (Easy chair)
Unidentified, Scalamandré, Charles Mullins
1760-1780
Category
Furniture
Creator/Artist/Maker
Unidentified (Furniture Maker)
Place of Origin
Fredericksburg; Virginia; Spotsylvania; South; United States; North America
Materials
- Walnut, black
- Wool
Museum Object Number
1951.0072.001
Credit Line/Donor
Museum purchase
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Object Number
1951.0072.001
Object Name
Chair (Easy chair)
Category
Furniture
Creator (Role)
Unidentified (Furniture Maker); Scalamandré (Fabric manufacturer); Charles Mullins (Upholsterer)
Place of Origin
Fredericksburg; Virginia; Spotsylvania; South; United States; North America
Origin Notes
The creation place pertains to the chair.
Secondary Place of Origin
Long Island City; New York; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Secondary Origin Notes
The upholstery fabric was manufactured by Scalamandre of New York, c. 1983.
Date
1760-1780
Materials
- Walnut, black
- Wool
Techniques
- Woven (damask)
Dimensions (inches)
44.25 (H) x 36 (W) x 32.75 (D)
Dimensions (centimeters)
112.395 (H) x 91.44 (W) x 83.185 (D)
Measurement Notes
OW is at crest. OD is from crest to center front feet.
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Downs, Joseph & du Pont, Henry Francis. 1952 American Furniture: Queen Anne and Chippendale Periods, in the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum.
• Published: no. 83.Book: Gusler, Wallace. 1979 Furniture of Williamsburg and Eastern Virginia, 1710-1790.
• Published: no. 120, p. 175.Catalogue: Gusler, Wallace. 1978 Furniture of Williamsburg and Eastern Virginia: The Product of Mind and Hand.
Book: Hummel, Charles F. 1976 A Winterthur Guide to Chippendale Furniture: Middle Atlantic and Southern Colonies.
• Published: fig. 130.Book: Greene, Jeffrey P. 1996 American Furniture of the Eighteenth Century.
• Chair from set published: p. 74Book: Sweeney, John A. H. 1963 The Treasure House of Early American Rooms.