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EASY CHAIR

Easy chair. Culture: American. Dimensions: 49 1/4 x 33 x 37 in. (125.1 x 83.8 x 94 cm). Date: 1715-30. This is an example of the earliest known type of American easy chair--a new form to emerge in Boston during the William and Mary period. It features a tall back and double scroll arms on a turned base. Easy chairs were expensive because of the costly textiles required for their upholstery and were therefore prestigious to own. With its padded back, wings, and arms and feather-filled seat cushion, the easy chair introduced a new level of seating comfort.
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Title:
EASY CHAIR
Caption:
Easy chair. Culture: American. Dimensions: 49 1/4 x 33 x 37 in. (125.1 x 83.8 x 94 cm). Date: 1715-30. This is an example of the earliest known type of American easy chair--a new form to emerge in Boston during the William and Mary period. It features a tall back and double scroll arms on a turned base. Easy chairs were expensive because of the costly textiles required for their upholstery and were therefore prestigious to own. With its padded back, wings, and arms and feather-filled seat cushion, the easy chair introduced a new level of seating comfort.
Technique/material:
Soft maple, oak, black tupelo
Museum:
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Credit:
Album / Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
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Image size:
3364 x 3908 px | 37.6 MB
Print size:
28.5 x 33.1 cm | 11.2 x 13.0 in (300 dpi)
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