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Title |
High-back Windsor Armchair |
Place of Origin |
Pennsylvania, Philadelphia |
Artist or Maker |
Unknown |
Date |
1770-1780 |
Materials |
Yellow Poplar, Maple, Hickory, Mahogany |
Dimension Details |
Height: 43 3/4", seat: 16" Width: 34 1/2", seat: 27" Depth: 25 1/4", seat 20 1/2" |
Description |
This large, high-back Windsor armchair topped with a scroll carved crest has nine spindles in the back and a D-shaped seat. It is constructed with a three-piece arm-rail, mahogany handholds and arm supports, two short spindles behind the arm support, and tapered feet. |
Provenance |
Possibly descended in the family of Robert Kennedy Wurts, Esq., Delaware River Valley Charles Woolsey Lyon, 1963 Horace W. Gordon Sold to Ludens, Inc., Reading, Pennsylvania, 1966 Sold to The Dietrich American Foundation, 1982 |
Object Name |
Chair |
Object ID |
8.1.4.1235 |
Search Terms |
furniture |