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This armchair is significantly larger than most made in this period and exudes a confident monumentality. It was made in the 1750s, when the taste for naturalistic ornament—mostly leaves and shells—was first being grafted onto the curvilinear Queen Anne forms of the 1730s.
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Title: Armchair
Date: ca. 1755
Geography: Made in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Culture: American
Medium: Mahogany
Dimensions: 44 x 33 1/4 x 21 1/2 in. (111.8 x 84.5 x 54.6 cm)
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1925
Object Number: 25.115.18
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