Unknown American
Armchair

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CultureAmerican

Titles

Armchair
Windsor Armchair

Datec. 1770–1785

Made inPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

MediumYellow-poplar, soft maple, red oak, and hickory (both handholds are replacements made of ash)

Dimensions29 × 27 3/4 × 19 1/2 in. (73.7 × 70.5 × 49.5 cm)

Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, gift of the estate of Miss Ima Hogg

Object numberB.79.204

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Department

Bayou Bend

Object Type

FURNITURE

Description

This low-back Windsor represents the later Philadelphia style, featuring a general softness of turnings and a tapering design of the lower leg section.

Technical notes: Yellow-poplar (seat, center section of crest rail), soft maple (legs, stretchers, and arm supports), red oak (arms), hickory (spindles). Both handholds are replacements made of ash.

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 499]; purchased by William C. Hogg (1875–1930), 1921; bequeathed to Miss Ima Hogg, 1930; Estate of Miss Ima Hogg, 1975; given to MFAH, 1979.
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