Upholstered Armchair Maker: Unknown

1760–85

American Decorative Arts

By appointment, Hume Furniture Study

Straight, molded legs, usually called Marlborough legs, became popular in the 1760s. Here they combine with the serpentine back and arm supports to provide a sense of style to a form that remained largely unchanged throughout the eighteenth century. A chair similar to this one can be seen in a portrait of Mrs. Isaac Smith (see 1941.74) painted by John Singleton Copley in the mid-1760s.

Medium

Mahogany, soft maple

Dimensions

42 1/2 × 22 1/8 × 23 1/4 in. (107.9 × 56.2 × 59.1 cm)
seat: 13 5/8 × 26 7/16 in. (34.6 × 67.2 cm)

Credit Line

Mabel Brady Garvan Collection

Accession Number

1930.2106

Geography

Made in Massachusetts

Culture

American

Period

18th century

Classification

Furniture

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Provenance
Francis P. Garvan, New York, N.Y.; The Mabel Brady Garvan Collection.
Bibliography
  • Patricia E. Kane, 300 Years of American Seating Furniture Chairs and Beds from the Mabel Brady Garvan and Other Collections at Yale University (Boston: New York Graphic Society, 1976), 104-5, 223-24, no. 208, pl. 10, ill
  • John T. Kirk, Early American Furniture: How to Recognize, Evaluate, and Care for the Most Beautiful Pieces: High Style, Country, Primitive and Rustic (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1970), 124, fig. 117
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
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Object/Work type

armchairs

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