Armchair

Date1725-1750

MediumMaple, leather, and brass

DimensionsOH: 46 3/8" OH seat: 16 3/4" OW arms: 24 1/4" OD: 17 1/8"

Credit LineBequest of Elizabeth Ridgely Blagojevich.

Object number1991-364

DescriptionArmchair, banister-back. Double-round crest rail; curved, molded stiles, blocked and turned front posts; molded arms with voluted terminals; turned front stretcher; squared side and rear stretchers; straight, trapezoidal seat frame; mortise and tenon construction; originally upholstered in leather on seat and back and trimmed with rows of brass nails.