Armchair
about 1740–50
Object PlacePhiladelphia, Pennsylvania
Medium/TechniqueWalnut, pine, nineteenth-century upholstery
DimensionsOverall: 103.5 x 84.1 x 52.1 cm (40 3/4 x 33 1/8 x 20 1/2 in.)
Other (Floor to seat): 41 cm (16 1/8 in.)
Overall (Knee to Knee): 85.1 cm (33 1/2 in.)
Other (Floor to seat): 41 cm (16 1/8 in.)
Overall (Knee to Knee): 85.1 cm (33 1/2 in.)
Credit LineBequests of Dr. Samuel Green and Dudley Leavitt Pickman, Gift of S. Richard Fuller by exchange and C.H. Tyler Residuary Fund
Accession number60.131
On View
On viewClassificationsFurniture
Collections
ProvenanceOwned by the Wheelock family of New York; by 1930s, collection of Mrs. J. Amory Haskell; 1944, sold at Parke-Bernet, Haskell Sale, May 20, 1944, lot 750 (ill); by 1959 with Isreal Sack, Inc. (New York); 1960, acquired by the MFA from Isreal Sack through exchange and purchase for a total of $12,000 (Acquisition date: February 18, 1960).
1710–1730
about 1730–40
about 1730–40
about 1730–40
about 1730–40
about 1730–40
about 1730–40
about 1730–40, with later alterations