Turned armchair
Unknown
1665–90 · Ash · The American Wing
The unusual construction of this armchair has antecedents in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century British three- and four-legged turned chairs that have a rectangular, raked back rail that overhangs the rear legs. The history of the chair points to an owner in Manhattan or one of the early towns of Kings County (now Brooklyn).
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- 1665–90
- Medium
- Ash
- Culture
- American
- Department
- The American Wing
- Credit line
- Rogers Fund, 1941
