Leather armchair

American

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 774

Armchairs with serpentine backs, boldly carved hand terminals, and turned front posts were made in both Boston and Philadelphia during the second quarter of the eighteenth century. This armchair has a history of ownership in New York, where leather chairs of this crooked-back design were not produced. It was probably imported from Boston, which, unlike Philadelphia, had a large export trade in leather chairs.

Leather armchair, Maple, birch, American

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Leather armchair, Maple, birch, American
Leather armchair, Maple, birch, American

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