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Catalog Number |
0027 |
Object Name |
Chair, Arm |
Date |
1801 |
Description |
Bamboo-turned windsor arm chair with a square back enclosing seven bamboo-turned spindles, S-arms terminating in a scroll or volute. Rounded poplar seat stamped on underside of seat: " I.B. Ackley." Reinforced with stretchers. |
Artist |
Ackley, John Breiritray |
Year Range from |
1801 |
Made |
Philadelphia PA |
Material |
Maple/Hickory/Oak/Mahogany |
Collection |
Stephen Girard Artifact Collection |
Height (in) |
31.000 |
Width (in) |
18.250 |
Depth (in) |
17.000 |
Related Publications |
Schwarz, Robert D. The Stephen Girard Collection A Selective Catalog, # 39. Hornor, Blue Book of Philadelphia Furniture, 1935, plate 501. Wick, Stephen Girard: A Patron of the Philadelphia Furniture trade, University of Delaware, 1977, p.61. 82, 252 Evans, Nancy Goyne. Windsor Chairs Bolger, Nancy. :200 Years of the Pennsylvania Chair" New York-Pennsylvania Collector. Dec. 1984 sec. 2 p 16-B |
Source |
Girard, Stephen |
Received as |
Bequest |
Other number |
GAF. 62 |
Used |
Stephen Girard's Water Street Townhouse |