Gallery 103, American Art, first floor (Miller/Worley Gallery)
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Gallery 103, American Art, first floor (Miller/Worley Gallery)
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This armchair descended in the Powel family of Philadelphia; it is thought that it originally belonged to Samuel Powel, Sr. (1673-1756).
During the late 1740s and 1750s, chairmakers further developed the form and ornamentation of the cabriole-leg, compass-seat chair. They decorated the curved, scroll-cut back slat with carved scroll volutes or with pierced designs, anticipating the lighter proportions, verticality, and ornamentation of the coming Rococo style. These elaborations continued until chairmakers abandoned the compass-seat shape for trapezoidal seat frames.
Gallery 103, American Art, first floor (Miller/Worley Gallery)
Title: | Armchair |
Date: | 1745-1755 |
Artist: | Artist/maker unknown, American |
Medium: | Walnut, tulip poplar; replacement upholstery |
Dimensions: | 42 1/2 x 27 x 22 1/2 inches (108 x 68.6 x 57.2 cm) |
Classification: | Furniture/Furnishings |
Credit Line: | Purchased with the Thomas Skelton Harrison Fund, 1955 |
Accession Number: | 1955-69-1 |
Geography: | Made in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America |
Context: | Period: Colonial |
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Gallery 103, American Art, first floor (Miller/Worley Gallery)
Main Building