| Maker(s): | Lo Nano, Ernest (upholsterer)
| | Culture: | American; textile: English or French
| | Title: | easy chair
| | Date Made: | ca. 1740; 1700-1750 (textile); 1950-1960 (upholstery)
| | Type: | Furniture
| | Materials: | wood: maple, walnut; textile: polychrome, two-ply wool (crewel) embroidery; light brown, twill-weave silk ground; polychrome tassled silk fringe; light brown, twill weave (modern) cotton
| | Place Made: | United States; New England; textile: France or Great Britain; Great Britain: England; upholstery: Williamsburg, VA, or New York, NY
| | Measurements: | overall: 46 in x 28 in x 20 in; 116.84 cm x 71.12 cm x 50.8 cm
| | Accession Number: | HD 0872
| | Museum Collection: | Historic Deerfield
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Description:
Queen Anne easy chair or wing chair with upright roll arms, maple frame, walnut cabriole legs terminating in raised pad feet, and compressed, turned stretchers, which is upholstered in crewel embroidery probably made in India or England. 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.
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