Side Chair, 1765–75, Made in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, American, Mahogany, yellow pine, 38 x 21 7/8 x 21 1/2 in. (96.5 x 55.6 x 54.6 cm), Furniture, With its perfect proportions, elegantly integrated crest and splat design, and unsurpassed carving, this is perhaps the best of all Philadelphia Chippendale chairs. The splat pattern, its dominant figure-eight motif flowing from the crest rail, is a free adaptation from plate 16 of the third edition of Thomas Chippendale's Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker's Director (1762)
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Side Chair, 1765–75, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, American, Mahogany, yellow pine, 38 x 21 7/8 1/2, 96.5 55.6 54.6 cm, Furniture, perfect proportions, elegantly integrated crest, splat design, unsurpassed carving, perhaps, best, Philadelphia Chippendale, chairs, pattern, dominant figure-eight, motif, flowing, crest rail, free adaptation, plate 16, third edition, Thomas, Gentleman, Cabinet-Maker, Director, 1762
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