COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
Record
AMICA ID:
MMA_.25.115.15
AMICA Library Year:
2000
Object Type:
Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
Creator Name:
Armitt, Joseph
Creator Dates/Places:
d. 1747
Creator Name-CRT:
Attributed to Joseph Armitt
Title:
Roundabout chair
Title Type:
Object name
View:
Full View
Creation Date:
ca. 1740-1750
Creation Start Date:
1740
Creation End Date:
1750
Materials and Techniques:
Walnut, yellow pine
Classification Term:
Furniture
Dimensions:
30 1/2 x 28 1/2 x 27 in. (77.5 x 72.4 x 68.6 cm)
AMICA Contributor:
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Owner Location:
New York, New York, USA
ID Number:
25.115.15
Credit Line:
Rogers Fund, 1925
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.
Related Image Identifier Link:
MMA_.ad25.115.15..R.tif
