Armchairs, pair
- Published/Created:
- Maryland, United States
ca. 1780–1800 - Physical Description:
- Height, chair: 35 1/2 in.; Height, seat: 14 in.; Width: 22 in.
- Materials:
- Mahogany; pine
- Notes:
- Sack catalogue description: Pair of Hepplewhite mahogany slipper armchairs, oval backs with drapery, floral and rosette-carved backs, incurvate arms with molded fronts continuing to beautiful incurvate arm supports; tapered molded legs, the chairs retain the original huge hard pine vertical corner blocks and seat frames, unique and of choice quality and condition.
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Bibliography: Book: American Antiques from Israel Sack Collection, 10 vols. (Washington, D.C.: Highland House Publishers, 1957–1990), vol. 1, p. 47, pl. 149; vol. 4, p. 943, pl. P235. - Variant Titles:
- Pair of Hepplewhite mahogany slipper armchairs
- Topics:
- Decoration and ornament -- Hepplewhite style
Furniture -- United States - Period/Style:
- Federal
Hepplewhite - Culture:
- American
- Accession Number:
- 0235
- Genre:
- armchairs (AAT)
- Format:
- Image
Physical Object - Content Type:
- Furnishings & Decorative Arts
Prints & Photographs - Rights:
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement
- Access Restrictions:
- Public
- Source Title:
- Israel Sack, Inc., Archive
- Source Created:
- New York, New York, United States
1957–1990 - Source Note:
- Sack, November 1958; Sack, 1974
This information is taken from the Israel Sack Furniture Archive and may not reflect current scholarship. - Folder:
- Folder 9869 box 3 tiff
- Yale Collection:
- Yale University Art Gallery
- Digital Collection:
- Israel Sack Furniture Archive
- OID:
- 10983925
- PID:
- digcoll:846642
