Photo: Courtesy Winterthur Museum and Country Estate, Del., 1965.3091A
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Backstool |
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Object numberRIF1074 |
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MakerMaker Unknown |
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Dimensions59 × 39 × 22 in. (149.86 × 99.06 × 55.88 cm) |
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Date174070 |
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Current locationWinterthur Museum, Garden, and Library |
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GeographyProbably made in Boston, Massachusetts, formerly said to have been made in Rhode Island(view a map of Rhode Island) |
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MediumMahogany (primary); soft maple (rear legs and seat rails) |
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ProvenanceHenry Francis du Pont (18801969), Winterthur, Delaware; given to Winterthur Museum, Delaware, 1965 |
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Associated namesHenry Francis du Pont |
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BibliographyJoseph Downs, American Furniture: Queen Anne and Chippendale Periods in the Henry Francis DuPont Winterthur Museum (New York: MacMillan Company, 1952), no. 95, ill.Nancy E. Richards and Nancy Goyne Evans, New England Furniture at Winterthur: Queen Anne and Chippendale Periods (Winterthur, Del.: Winterthur Publications, 1997), 167168, no. 90, ill. |