Armchair Maker: Unknown

1750–1800

American Decorative Arts

Not on view
Medium

Mahogany

Dimensions

44 7/8 × 28 in. (114 × 71.1 cm)
seat: 18 1/16 in. (45.9 cm)

Credit Line

Bequest of William Lyon Phelps, B.A. 1887, Ph.D. 1891

Accession Number

1943.294

Geography

Made in England

Culture

British

Period

18th century

Classification

Furniture

Disclaimer

Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of records is ongoing.

Bibliography
  • Burton B. Fredericksen and Federico Zeri, Census of Pre-Nineteenth-Century Italian Paintings in North American Public Collections (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1972), 601
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

armchairs

Inscriptions

Metal label inscribed "This chair from the study of Robert Browning in Warwick Crescent London was presented by Graduate Pundits to William Lyon Phelps, 1914"

Signed

On back, initials "R. B."

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