Armchair

Armchair

Public Domain

Armchair
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Armchair
Datec. 1760–1790
Made inPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
MediumBlack walnut; southern yellow pine
Dimensions42 1/4 × 31 1/4 × 24 1/2 in. (107.3 × 79.4 × 62.2 cm)
Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, gift of Miss Ima Hogg
Object numberB.69.18
Current Location
Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens
Drawing Room
On view

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Department
Bayou Bend
Object Type
DescriptionAlthough Philadelphia cabinetmakers are well known for their Chippendale furniture made of imported mahogany, they continued to use other native woods, as this black walnut armchair demonstrates. Other native woods from the region included maple and cherry.
Provenance[David Stockwell (1907–1996), Philadelphia]; purchased by Miss Ima Hogg, 1948; given to MFAH, 1969.

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