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The Truant Gamblers (Undutiful Boys)
1835
1858.23
Oil on canvas
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Luce Center
1 of a Pair of Armchairs
Object name
1 of a Pair of Armchairs
Date
1890-1900
Medium
Mahogany, textile
Dimensions
Overall: 35 3/8 x 21 x 20 in. ( 89.9 x 53.3 x 50.8 cm )
Description
Mahogany Federal style armchair; square, arcaded back with carved tablet centered in top rail and four slender, square colonettes with carved palm-leaf spandrels; trapezoidal seat upholstered over the rail with coarse, reddish textile; square, tapering front legs with spade feet and slighly back swept rear legs.
Credit Line
Gift of Benny Goodman
Object Number
1978.61a
Gallery Label
This Federal style chair is a reproduction in the manner of Abraham Slover and Jacob B. Taylor, cabinetmakers active in New York in the early nineteenth century. The New York cabinetmaking firm of Sypher and Company, active in the late nineteenth century, made chairs after this pattern.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
