High-back Windsor armchair, Philadelphia, Penn., 1765-1775. Artist unknown. Yellow poplar seat and medial-section of arm, Maple legs and stretchers, Hickory crest rail, Mahogany arms, arm supports, and short spindles behind the arm supports. H. 43 3/4", W. 32 1/4", D. 26" Dietrich American Foundation. The armchair has been on loan to Stenton since 1971. The … Continue reading A Philadelphia High-Back Windsor Armchair
Month: June 2023
The First Philadelphia Windsor Highchairs
As noted in the last post, Windsor chairmakers in Philadelphia were making highchairs shortly after they began producing high-back Windsor armchairs in the mid-1740s. No highchairs modeled on the earliest Philadelphia high-back Windsors with plain crest rails and shaved arm supports are known to have survived, nor have any highchairs been discovered with Thomas Gilpin's … Continue reading The First Philadelphia Windsor Highchairs
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