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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

This title is out of print.

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Morrison 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
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
1803

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

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

1796, 1810

Revised Constitution

1816, 1817

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