Chair

Object/Artifact

Historic Germantown

Name/Title

Chair

Entry/Object ID

GHS 1180

Description

Windsor bow-back armchair; nine spindles, one beneath each arm, bamboo turned spindles, legs and stretchers, serpentine curved arms and curved arms and support below arms, saddle seat, splayed legs tapered at ends, one bulbous turned stretcher at each side, tapered turned intermediate stretcher, painted black.

Made/Created

Date made

1790 - 1810

Place

* Untyped Place

USA

Dimensions

Height

38-3/4 in

Width

21-1/4 in

Depth

16 in

Material

Wood

Provenance

Notes

Owner: Wistar, Caspar / Mary Wistar Cheetham Donated by Mary Wistar Cheetham, 6/15/1939. According to 1984 Accession worksheet, "Belonged to Caspar Wistar who came to Philadelphia in 1717, descended through the Wistar Family by way of Richard, John and Francis Wistar, and Mary Wistar Cheethem." Donor references- Wister Wistar- Family file, General Card Catalogue- 113, Archives- 32, Crier Index- 33, Beehive index- 54, Photo file, 36, Obits- 21, Burial records- 6