American Period Furniture in Museum Collections
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Metropolitan Museum of Art
Chair · Philadelphia
Armchair
Maker unknown · Philadelphia · ca. 1795
Medium
Black walnut and ash
Dimensions
36 x 22 x 23 in. (91.4 x 55.9 x 58.4 cm)
Accession
2002.32a, b
Credit line
Purchase, Friends of the American Wing Fund, by exchange, and Robert and Bobbie Falk Philanthropic Fund Gift, 2002
Culture
American
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