In Quest of Comfort: The Easy Chair in America

In Quest of Comfort: The Easy Chair in America

Heckscher, Morrison H.

1971

15 pages

7 illustrations

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Morrison Heckscher

Met Art in Publication

Easy Chair, Walnut, red oak, yellow pine, ash, maple, tulip poplar, American — Easy Chair
1760–90

Easy Chair, Mahogany, walnut, tulip poplar, yellow pine, American — Easy Chair
1760–90

Standing Lakshmi(?), Bronze with gilt, Cambodia or Thailand — Standing Lakshmi(?)
13th century

Easy Chair, Mahogany, maple, white pine, red maple, American — Easy Chair
1760–90

Easy chair, Mahogany, American — Easy chair
1810–15

Easy Chair, Black cherry, yellow pine, yellow poplar, basswood, pine, American — Easy Chair
1790–1810

Easy Chair, Caleb Gardner Jr. American, Walnut, maple; wool on linen ground (front panel), wool and silk on linen ground (back panel), silk and cotton tape, silk and wool tape, American — Easy Chair
Caleb Gardner Jr.
1758

Easy chair, Soft maple, oak, black tupelo, American — Easy chair
1715–30

Easy chair, Black walnut, beech, soft maple, maple, American — Easy chair
1730–40

Easy Chair, Mahogany, yellow poplar, red bay or avocado, bald cypress, American — Easy Chair
1760–90

Collection of Trade Cards, Mainly British, 1700 - 1850 [Baron Leverhulme, Volume III]

1700–1850

Terracotta hydria (water jar), Terracotta, Greek, Attic — Terracotta hydria (water jar)
4th century BCE

The Cabinet Dictionary, containing An Explanation of all the Terms used in the Cabinet, Chair and Upholstery Branches, Thomas Sheraton British, Illustrations: engraving — The Cabinet Dictionary, containing An Explanation of all the Terms used in the Cabinet, Chair and Upholstery Branches
Thomas Sheraton
1803

Label, Joseph Cox American, Paper, American — Label
Joseph Cox
1757–60

The Journeymen cabinet & chairmaker's New York Book of Prices

T. & J. Swords

1796, 1810

Revised Constitution

New-York Society of Cabinet Makers

1816, 1817