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Armchair

Collection Type

  • Furniture

Date

1793-1797

GUSN

GUSN-728

Description

Armchair with shield-shaped upholstered back, open arms; arm supports and legs have stop-fluted decoration; original under-upholstery.

Details

Descriptive Terms

armchairs
chairs (furniture forms)
mahogany (wood)
ash (wood)
upholstery
Federal
Mahogany
Unidentified Textile
Upholstered
Fluted
Federal
Chair

Inscription

Label on back of front seat rail: ALL KIND OF/CABINET AND CHAIRWORK/DONE BY/ADAM HAINS,/No. 1[?] NORTH THIRD STREET,/ PHILADELPHIA.

Additional Identification Number

1967.129 A

Maker

Hains, Adam, 1768-1820 + (Furniture worker)
Attributed to Bertault, George, 1793 (Upholsterer)

Location of Origin

Philadelphia, PA, USA

Dimensions

33 3/4 x 23 1/4 x 19 1/4 (HxWxD) (inches)

Accession Number

1967.129

Places

Pennsylvania (United States)

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