Description:
Barrel-shaped leather-upholstered easy chair supported by straight molded front legs and outflaring rear legs and covered with leather upholstery. The chair is significant because of the survival of its original leather upholstery, a remarkable document of the trade. Although leather was a common show cover in the eighteenth century, it rarely survives. These were often the most comfortable chairs in the house, often reserved for invalids, pregnant women, or the elderly. Since the wings captured heat from the fireplace, they were commonly used in bedrooms of the well-to-do. The first American easy chairs appeared during the William and Mary period (1690-1720); the Queen Anne style (1720-1755) was replaced by the Chippendale period (1755-1790), the heyday of American easy chairs.
Subjects:
Brass; Leather; Mahogany Link to share this object record:
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