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Source Description
The middle section, or splat, of this chair back, with its Gothic pointed arches, may be related to the style invented by the English cabinetmaker Thomas Chippendale. English chairs of this pattern are known, so the design probably originated there and was transmitted to this side of the Atlantic, perhaps by means of an imported example. This chair comes from a set made for Thomas and Elizabeth Edwards of Philadelphia, a furniture making center famous for its carved ornament. This chair features several finely and naturalistically carved details.
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Document identity
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152787
label
Side Chair
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obj
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object
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1
Source metadata
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152787
contentType
object
title
Side Chair
description
The middle section, or splat, of this chair back, with its Gothic pointed arches, may be related to the style invented by the English cabinetmaker Thomas Chippendale. English chairs of this pattern are known, so the design probably originated there and was transmitted to this side of the Atlantic, perhaps by means of an imported example. This chair comes from a set made for Thomas and Elizabeth Edwards of Philadelphia, a furniture making center famous for its carved ornament. This chair features several finely and naturalistically carved details.
date
c. 1770
citation
rights
CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q60779360
genreSpecific
Furniture and woodwork
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 97 x 60 x 56.9 cm (38 3/16 x 23 5/8 x 22 3/8 in.)
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America, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
accession
1985.58
Source extras
tec
mahogany
tombstone
Side Chair, c. 1770. America, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. Mahogany; overall: 97 x 60 x 56.9 cm (38 3/16 x 23 5/8 x 22 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund, 1985.58
collection
Furniture
citations
citation
Turner, Evan H. “The Year in Review for 1985.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 73, no. 2 (February 1986): 26–71.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 49; Mentioned: p. 64, no. 49
creditline
Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund
galleryDonorText
Leigh and Mary Carter Gallery
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2026-05-29 07:53:58.270000
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152787
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Decorative Art and Design
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Furniture
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mahogany
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