COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
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The AMICA Library
Collection
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AMICA ID:
MMA_.25.115.15
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MMA_.25.115.15
AMICA ID
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AMICA Library Year:
2000
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2000
AMICA Library Year
false
Object Type:
Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
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Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
Object Type
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Creator Name:
Armitt, Joseph
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Armitt, Joseph
Creator Name
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Creator Dates/Places:
d. 1747
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d. 1747
Creator Dates/Places
false
Creator Name-CRT:
Attributed to Joseph Armitt
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Attributed to Joseph Armitt
Creator Name-CRT
false
Title:
Roundabout chair
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Roundabout chair
Title
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Title Type:
Object name
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Object name
Title Type
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View:
Full View
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Full View
View
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Creation Date:
ca. 1740-1750
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ca. 1740-1750
Creation Date
false
Creation Start Date:
1740
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1740
Creation Start Date
false
Creation End Date:
1750
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1750
Creation End Date
false
Materials and Techniques:
Walnut, yellow pine
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Walnut, yellow pine
Materials and Techniques
false
Classification Term:
Furniture
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Furniture
Classification Term
false
Dimensions:
30 1/2 x 28 1/2 x 27 in. (77.5 x 72.4 x 68.6 cm)
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30 1/2 x 28 1/2 x 27 in. (77.5 x 72.4 x 68.6 cm)
Dimensions
false
AMICA Contributor:
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
AMICA Contributor
false
Owner Location:
New York, New York, USA
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New York, New York, USA
Owner Location
false
ID Number:
25.115.15
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25.115.15
ID Number
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Credit Line:
Rogers Fund, 1925
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Rogers Fund, 1925
Credit Line
false
Rights:
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<a href="http://www.metmuseum.org/"target="_new">http://www.metmuseum.org/</a>
Rights
false
Context:
In the 1740s Philadelphia chair makers, desperate to compete with the low-cost 'Boston chairs' being shipped from New England, introduced an elegant local interpretation of the fashionable Queen Anne style, wherein virtually all structural members-crest rails, arm supports, and front and side seat rails-were gracefully curved. This example, a roundabout or corner chair, is notable for its muscular stance and the wrought-iron-like twisting of the arm supports--features associated with the work of local cabinetmaker Joseph Armitt.
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<P>In the 1740s Philadelphia chair makers, desperate to compete with the low-cost 'Boston chairs' being shipped from New England, introduced an elegant local interpretation of the fashionable Queen Anne style, wherein virtually all structural members-crest rails, arm supports, and front and side seat rails-were gracefully curved. This example, a roundabout or corner chair, is notable for its muscular stance and the wrought-iron-like twisting of the arm supports--features associated with the work of local cabinetmaker Joseph Armitt.</P>
Context
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Related Image Identifier Link:
MMA_.ad25.115.15..R.tif
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MMA_.ad25.115.15..R.tif
Related Image Identifier Link
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