Easy Chair

Easy Chair

Public Domain

Easy Chair
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Easy Chair
Datec. 1785–1820
Possible placePhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Possible placeBaltimore, Maryland, United States
MediumMahogany and unidentified inlay; ash, eastern white pine, yellow-poplar, and red oak
Dimensions50 1/8 × 34 3/4 × 30 1/2 in. (127.3 × 88.3 × 77.5 cm)
Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, gift of Miss Ima Hogg
Object numberB.60.93
Current Location
Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens
Federal Parlor
On view

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Department
Bayou Bend
Object Type
DescriptionThe overall configuration of easy chairs continued through the 1700s with relatively little change. This later example, probably from Baltimore or Philadelphia, features the separation of the wings and arms and an overall lightness characteristic of the neoclassical, or federal, style.
Provenance[David Stockwell (1907–1996), Wilmington, Delaware]; purchased by Miss Ima Hogg, 1961; given to MFAH, by 1966.
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