Object Record
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Metadata
Catalog Number |
0013 (1-6) |
Object Name |
Chair |
Date |
1786 |
Description |
Six splat-back side chairs with four horizontal pierced or open backs that create the impression of drapery swags from stile to stile. Four pierced and carved ovals punctuate the center of these four splats. Rosette carved ears, molded stiles, serpentine front rails, stop-fluted legs, H-stretchers, spade feet, and slip seats. |
Artist |
Trotter, Daniel |
Year Range from |
1786 |
Made |
Philadelphia PA |
Material |
Mahogany/Yellow Poplar/Yellow Pine/White Pine |
Collection |
Stephen Girard Artifact Collection |
Height (in) |
38.500 |
Width (in) |
20.750 |
Depth (in) |
18.500 |
Related Publications |
Schwarz, The Stephen Girard Collection A Selective Catalog # 12. Bishop, Centuries and Styles of the American Chair, 1972. p174 Bolger, 200 Years of the Pennsylvania Chair, New York-Pennsylvania Collector, Dec. 1984 sec. 2 pp 2,3,11-14, 16 Castrodale, Daniel Trotter, Philadelphia Cabinetmaker. Thesis, U. Del, 1962. pp. 62-64, 210 Golovin, Anne Castrodale. Daniel Trotter: 18th Century Philadelphia Cabinetmaker. Offprint from Winterthur Portfolio. #6. 1970 p.171-172 (illus.) #88(illus.) Hornor, Blue Book of Philadelphia Furniture, 1935.p. 187-188 Naeve, Daniel Trotter and his Ladder Back Chairs, Antiques LXXVI (Nov., 1959) pp 442 (illus.), 444, 445 Snyder, Philadelphia Furniture and Its makers. 1975. pp 80-83 (illus. p 80) Wick, Stephen Girard: A Patron of the Philadelphia Furniture trade. Thesis, University of Delaware, 1977. p 43,74, 75, 105, 2467 (illus.), Hornor, "Authenticated Furniture of the Great Philadelphia Cabinetmakers" Philadelphia Museum of Art exhibit catalog. 1935. #90 |
Source |
Girard, Stephen |
Received as |
Bequest |
Other number |
GAF. 37-42 |
Used |
Stephen Girard's Water Street Townhouse |