Armchair

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Public Domain

CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Armchair
Datec. 1780–1790
Probable placeRhode Island, United States
MediumSouthern yellow pine, white oak, ash, and birch
Dimensions37 × 25 3/4 × 23 1/2 in. (94 × 65.4 × 59.7 cm)
Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, gift of Miss Ima Hogg
Object numberB.69.414
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Department
Bayou Bend
Object Type
Description

The relatively narrow, oval, sharply saddled seat of this sack-back chair is often seen in New England, and the inward taper of the lower legs is typical of Rhode Island.

Technical notes: Southern yellow pine (seat), white oak (crest and arm rails), ash (legs, stretchers, spindles, right arm support), birch (left arm support).

Related examples: Evans 1996, p. 255, fig. 6–26.

Book excerpt: David B. Warren, Michael K. Brown, Elizabeth Ann Coleman, and Emily Ballew Neff. American Decorative Arts and Paintings in the Bayou Bend Collection. Houston: Princeton Univ. Press, 1998.


ProvenanceLouis Guerineau Myers (1874–1932), New York; consigned to [American Art Association, Anderson Art Galleries, Louis Guerineau Myers sale, New York, February 25, 1921, lot 475]; purchased by William C. Hogg (1875–1930), 1921; bequeathed to Miss Ima Hogg, 1930; given to MFAH, by 1969.
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