Armchair

Armchair

Public Domain

Armchair
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Armchair
Datec. 1700–1725
Made inUnited States
MediumSoft maple; hard maple, birch, ash, poplar, aspen poplar or cottonwood
Dimensions49 × 25 × 22 3/4 in. (124.5 × 63.5 × 57.8 cm)
Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, gift of Miss Ima Hogg
Object numberB.69.44
Current Location
Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens
Murphy Room
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Department
Bayou Bend
Object Type
DescriptionThis armchair, with its five-banister back and elaborately carved crest rail, represents a type that, with minor variations, was made throughout New England. The banisters repeat the turned profile of the stiles that frame them.
Provenance[Teina Baumstone, New York]; purchased by Miss Ima Hogg, 1954; given to MFAH, 1969.

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