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Chair (Armchair)
Unidentified
1750-1775
Category
Furniture
Creator/Artist/Maker
Unidentified (Furniture maker)
Place of Origin
Boston Area; Massachusetts; Suffolk; New England; United States; North America
Materials
- Walnut, black
- Maple, hard
- Silk
Museum Object Number
1958.2595
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1958.2595
Object Name
Chair (Armchair)
Category
Furniture
Creator (Role)
Unidentified (Furniture maker)
Place of Origin
Boston Area; Massachusetts; Suffolk; New England; United States; North America
Secondary Place of Origin
Europe
Secondary Origin Notes
The silk brocaded fabric used to upholster this chair seat appears to have been made in Europe between 1870-1900.
Date
1750-1775
Materials
- Walnut, black
- Maple, hard
- Silk
Techniques
- Woven (brocaded)
Dimensions (inches)
39.5 (H) x 28.5 (W) x 23.5 (D)
Dimensions (centimeters)
100.33 (H) x 72.39 (W) x 59.69 (D)
Measurement Notes
OW is at arms. OD is at feet.
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Richards, Nancy E. & Evans, Nancy Goyne. 1997 New England Furniture at Winterthur: Queen Anne and Chippendale Periods.
• Published: cat. no. 94, pp. 174-76.Book: Downs, Joseph & du Pont, Henry Francis. 1952 American Furniture: Queen Anne and Chippendale Periods, in the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum.
• Published: figure 20.Book: Comstock, Helen. 1962 American Furniture: seventeenth, eighteenth and nineteenth-century styles.
• Illustrated: figure 145.