Photo: Courtesy of the Dallas Museum of Art, The Faith P. and Charles L. Bybee Collection, gift of Cecil and Ida Green, 1985.B.26
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Easy chair |
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Object numberRIF911 |
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MakerMaker Unknown |
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Dimensions48 1/4 × 34 1/8 × 31 in. (122.555 × 86.678 × 78.74 cm) Seat height: 14 1/4 in. (36.195 cm) |
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Date175070 |
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Current locationDallas Museum of Art |
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GeographyProbably made in Massachusetts, formerly said to have been made in Boston or Newport, Rhode Island(view a map of Rhode Island) |
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MediumMahogany (primary); soft maple (rear legs, rear stretcher, and seat frame); cherry (side stretchers) |
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ProvenanceJohn S. Walton, Inc., New York; sold to Faith P. Bybee (19001996) and Charles L. Bybee (19001972), Houston, 1960; sold by Faith P. Bybee to the Dallas Museum of Art, 1985 |
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Associated namesCharles L. BybeeJohn S. Walton, Inc. Faith P. Bybee |
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ConstructionThe structure under the upholstery was not examined. The front and side seat rails are lap-joined together. The side stretchers join the legs with rectangular tenons. The knee brackets are nailed and glued to the seat frame. The lower section has been refinished, and the chair once had casters. Source: Charles L. Venable, American Furniture in the Bybee Collection (Austin, Tex.: University of Texas Press, 1989), 32, no. 13. |
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BibliographyCharles L. Venable, American Furniture in the Bybee Collection (Austin: University of Texas Press, 1989), 3132, no. 13, ill.Joan Pearson Watkins Revocable Trust, "American Antiques in the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Bybee, Part II," Antiques 93, no. 1 (January 1968): 78. |