Name/Title
ChairEntry/Object ID
GHS 2006.1-.4Description
Set of four side chairs; walnut; provincial style; silk damask seat coverings (yellow); very simple, no carrying; slightly arched square back with three splats; each pierced in triangular shape at top and bottom; plain tapered legs; font and side stretchers; casters on front of two chairs; all four reupholstered and refinished in 1960.Made/Created
Artist
John Bringhurst Carriage WorksPlace
* Untyped Place
Germantown, PADimensions
Height
35 inWidth
18 inDepth
15-3/4 inProvenance
Notes
Owner: Mary Bringhurst Foulke
Objects were the property of of Mary Bringhurst Foulke after reportedly being made at the shop of John Bringhurst (1725-1795) carriage works in Germantown. Objects were donated by the Foulke and Long Institute, October 19, 1960. One is located in center aisle.
