Side Chair
Adjustable-back chairs of this type are generally referred to as "Morris" chairs because the form was derived from a chair designed by William Watt in 1883 and produced by William Morris and Company in London. Many American examples of the type are known; a chair identical to this one, owned by the Philadelphia Museum of Art, bears the patent mark of Allen and Brother, Philadelphia, for 6 February 1894. Conrad Henninger listed in Lebanon, Pennsylvania directories in 1888 as a carpenter and 1889 through 1932 as a cabinetmaker. He is known to have had a shop in the back of his residence, and it is possible that he made this handsome chair by hand for his own use.
Artwork Details
- Title: Side Chair
- Maker: Conrad Henninger (active ca. 1888–1932)
- Date: ca. 1887
- Geography: Made in Lebanon, Pennsylvania, United States
- Culture: American
- Medium: Oak, tulip poplar
- Dimensions: 40 x 25 1/2 x 34 1/2 in. (101.6 x 64.8 x 87.6 cm)
- Credit Line: Gift of Charlotte Pickman-Gertz, 1976
- Object Number: 1976.319
- Curatorial Department: The American Wing
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