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Armchair (one of a pair)

(American, 1768–after 1820)
(French, born 1733, active in United States about the 1780s–1790s)
1792–97
Object PlacePhiladelpia, Pennsylvania
Medium/TechniqueMahogany, ash, original underupholstery, modern showcover
DimensionsOverall: 85.1 x 58.4 x 48.3 cm (33 1/2 x 23 x 19 in.)
Credit LineOtis Norcross Fund, William Francis Warden Fund, and funds donated by a friend of the Department of American Decorative Arts and Sculpture
Accession number1979.486
On View
On view
ClassificationsFurniture
Collections
ProvenanceBy 1979, with Robert A. Blekicki of New England Gallery, Inc. (Andover, Mass.); 1979, purchased by the MFA (Accession Date: October 17, 1979)
Group shot: 1979.486-7; Conservation Status: After Treatment
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