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Catalog Number |
F24 |
Object Name |
Chair |
Title |
Revolving Windsor Chair with Writing Arm |
Artist |
Unknown |
Place of Origin |
Philadelphia |
Date |
1775-76 |
Description |
Green-painted Windsor revolving armchair. It is made from an assortment of woods, with mahogany used for the arms. The slender crest rail ends in scrolled ears and is raised on ten plain, round spindles which pass through a semicircular rail. The rail ends in finely knuckled handholds raised on baluster-and-ring turned supports. The supports rest on a slightly peaked circular seat which swivels on a mechanism of four sash pulleys. A thin sheet of iron was placed on the bottom of the upper section of the chair to keep the poplar wood from being worn by the pulleys. The mechanism rests on a second circular piece of wood which in turn rests on raked bamboo-turned legs joined by ringed bulbous side and medial stretchers. The writing board may have been added by Jefferson about 1791. (Murphy D. Smith, "Due Reverence," 1992). |
Label |
Martha Jefferson Randolph, Jefferson's daughter, gave this chair to Judge John Kintzing Kane, a secretary of the Society and later its president, and he presented it to the Society 20 April 1838. (Murphy D. Smith, "Due Reverence." 1992) |
Material |
Mahogany, poplar, other woods, and iron |
Dimensions |
H-43.5 W-30 D-33.5 inches |
Credit line |
American Philosophical Society. Gift of John Kintzing Kane, 20 April 1838. |
Search Terms |
18th century eighteenth century furniture Founding Father Jefferson |