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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
6.75 x 9 in
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Morrison H. Heckscher

Met Art in Publication

Easy Chair, Walnut, red oak, yellow pine, ash, maple, tulip poplar, American
Easy Chair
American
1760–90
Easy Chair, Mahogany, walnut, tulip poplar, yellow pine, American
Easy Chair
American
1760–90
Standing Lakshmi(?), Bronze with gilt, Cambodia or Thailand
Standing Lakshmi(?)
Cambodia or Thailand
13th century
Easy Chair, Mahogany, maple, white pine, red maple, American
Easy Chair
American
1760–90
Easy chair, Mahogany, American
Easy chair
American
1810–15
Easy Chair, Black cherry, yellow pine, yellow poplar, basswood, pine, American
Easy Chair
American
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
American
1715–30
Easy chair, Black walnut, beech, soft maple, maple, American
Easy chair
American
1730–40
Easy Chair, Mahogany, yellow poplar, red bay or avocado, bald cypress, American
Easy Chair
American
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)
Greek, Attic
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
W. Smith
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
Southwick and Pelsue
1796, 1810
Revised Constitution
New-York Society of Cabinet Makers
1816, 1817

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