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ProvenanceFrom 1964
Reynolda House Museum of American Art, Winston-Salem, NC, acquired in 1964. [1]
Notes:
[1] In the early 1960s Charles H. Babcock (1899-1967) gave the house and its contents to the Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation. The house was then incorporated as a museum and collection (Reynolda House, Inc.) on December 18, 1964 with the signing of the charter at its first board meeting. The museum first opened to the public in September 1965.
Published ReferencesLindquist, David P., and Caroline C. Warren, Colonial Revival Furniture with Prices (Radnor, PA: Wallace-Homestead Book Company, 1993), p. 89.
DepartmentHistoric House
Armchair
Datecirca 1918
Mediumwalnut, wool upholstery
DimensionsOverall: 44 × 26 1/2 × 28 in. (111.8 × 67.3 × 71.1 cm)
Credit LineReynolda Estate
CopyrightPublic Domain
Object number1922.2.183
DescriptionThe walnut open armchair in the Jacobean style has baluster-and-block turned legs and stretchers, and curved arms. The arched and canted back and plain seat are covered in wool upholstery depicting red fruits overall (pomegranates, raspberries, cherries, and others) with green leaves on a dark-green background. The turned stretchers are let in to each other and the legs at blocks alternating with balusters. The back legs are square.ProvenanceFrom 1964
Reynolda House Museum of American Art, Winston-Salem, NC, acquired in 1964. [1]
Notes:
[1] In the early 1960s Charles H. Babcock (1899-1967) gave the house and its contents to the Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation. The house was then incorporated as a museum and collection (Reynolda House, Inc.) on December 18, 1964 with the signing of the charter at its first board meeting. The museum first opened to the public in September 1965.
Published ReferencesLindquist, David P., and Caroline C. Warren, Colonial Revival Furniture with Prices (Radnor, PA: Wallace-Homestead Book Company, 1993), p. 89.
Status
On view
