Collection Highlights
Brandywine bowl (brandewijnkom)
Date:
ca. 1700
Object Number:
1911.38
Medium:
Silver
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
1 of a Pair of Armchairs
Object Number:
1978.61a
Date:
1890-1900
Medium:
Mahogany, textile
Dimensions:
Overall: 35 3/8 x 21 x 20 in. ( 89.9 x 53.3 x 50.8 cm )
Description:
Mahogany Federal style armchair; square, arcaded back with carved tablet centered in top rail and four slender, square colonettes with carved palm-leaf spandrels; trapezoidal seat upholstered over the rail with coarse, reddish textile; square, tapering front legs with spade feet and slighly back swept rear legs.
Gallery Label:
This Federal style chair is a reproduction in the manner of Abraham Slover and Jacob B. Taylor, cabinetmakers active in New York in the early nineteenth century. The New York cabinetmaking firm of Sypher and Company, active in the late nineteenth century, made chairs after this pattern.
Credit Line:
Gift of Benny Goodman
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
