Easy Chair
Unknown
1760–90 · Walnut, red oak, yellow pine, ash, maple, tulip poplar · The American Wing
The 1772 Philadelphia list of prices describes a chair like this as “Easy Chair frame plain feet and knees without Casters.” The pad foot with raised tongue, as here, is frequently found on Philadelphia side chairs.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- 1760–90
- Medium
- Walnut, red oak, yellow pine, ash, maple, tulip poplar
- Culture
- American
- Department
- The American Wing
- Credit line
- Rogers Fund, 1965
