GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Side chairs with fully upholstered backs were unusual in colonial America, though popular among the elite in Great Britain and on the Continent during the 18th century. This chair, part of a larger set, has construction details that indicate it could have been used for holding a chamber pot frame and would, therefore, have been used in a bedchamber.
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Kevin W. Tucker, DMA unpublished material, Label text (1985.B.15), 2006.
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After 1830: Possibly James L. Little, Sr., Massachusetts
Until 1953: Little family descendant, Matthews Court House, Virginia
1953-1954: John Walton, Inc., Riverside, Connecticut
1954-1985: The Faith P. and Charles L. Bybee Collection, Houston, Texas
From 1985: Collection of the Dallas Museum of Art, purchased from Faith P. and Charles L. Bybee
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The main source for this provenance is Charles L. Venable, American Furniture in the Bybee Collection, (Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, published in association with the Dallas Museum of Art, 1989), 29.
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Chairs like these were often bought in sets of six, and they would have been displayed as a group along one wall of the owner's home.
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General Description
Side chairs with fully upholstered backs were unusual in colonial America, though popular among the elite in Great Britain and on the Continent during the 18th century. This chair, part of a larger set, has construction details that indicate it could have been used for holding a chamber pot frame and would, therefore, have been used in a bedchamber.
Excerpt from
Kevin W. Tucker, DMA unpublished material, Label text (1985.B.15), 2006.
Fun Facts
Chairs like these were often bought in sets of six, and they would have been displayed as a group along one wall of the owner's home.
Archival Resources
Web Resources
Notes
changed provenance to comply with Guidelines and Procedures for Provenance display
Catalogue essays
Artist/designers
Cultures
Geography
Process/materials
Historical periods
Individuals
Subject terms
RELATED OBJECTS
PROVENANCE
After 1830: Possibly James L. Little, Sr., Massachusetts
Until 1953: Little family descendant, Matthews Court House, Virginia
1953-1954: John Walton, Inc., Riverside, Connecticut
1954-1985: The Faith P. and Charles L. Bybee Collection, Houston, Texas
From 1985: Collection of the Dallas Museum of Art, purchased from Faith P. and Charles L. Bybee
Notes:
The main source for this provenance is Charles L. Venable, American Furniture in the Bybee Collection, (Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, published in association with the Dallas Museum of Art, 1989), 29.
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