Upholstered Armchair

Straight, molded legs, usually called Marlborough legs, became popular in the 1760s. Here they combine with the serpentine back and arm supports to provide a sense of style to a form that remained largely unchanged throughout the eighteenth century. A chair similar to this one can be seen in a portrait of Mrs. Isaac Smith (see 1941.74) painted by John Singleton Copley in the mid-1760s.