Armchair, ca. 1755, Made in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, American, Mahogany, 44 x 33 1/4 x 21 1/2 in. (111.8 x 84.5 x 54.6 cm), Furniture, 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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Armchair, ca, 1755, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, American, Mahogany, 44 x 33 1/4 21 1/2, 111.8 84.5 54.6 cm, Furniture, armchair, significantly larger, period, exudes, confident monumentality, 1750s, taste, naturalistic ornament—mostly, leaves, shells— first, grafted, curvilinear Queen, Anne, forms, 1730s
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