Armchair

Published/Created:

Massachusetts, United States
ca. 1650–1680

Physical Description:

38 x 22 1/2 in.

Materials:

Ash

Notes:

Sack catalogue description: The John Alden great chair. Pilgrim ash Carver armchair, the back with three ash turned spindles (two spindles of later date), mushroom arm terminals; turned arm rests, mellow old patina. This chair was purchased from the tenth lineal descendant of John Alden; it was known in the Alden family as "John Alden's chair" as far back as Joseph Alden (1747–1803) of Bridgewater, Massachusetts, the great-great-grandson of John Alden. The lineal descent is as follows: John Alden (1599–1687); Joseph Alden, second child of John Alden; Deacon Joseph Alden (1677–1747), Bridgewater, Massachusetts; Seth Alden (1720–1784), Bridgewater, Massachusetts; Joseph Alden (1747–1803), Bridgewater, Massachusetts; Thomas Alden (1782–1850), Bridgewater, Massachusetts; Matilda Copeland Alden Norton (1818–), East Bridgewater, Massachusetts; Charles Alden Norton, Lynn, Massachusetts; Alden II, Norton (1903–).
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Bibliography: Book: American Antiques from Israel Sack Collection, 10 vols. (Washington, D.C.: Highland House Publishers, 1957–1990), vol. 8, p. 2146, pl. P5604.

Variant Titles:

Pilgrim ash Carver armchair

Topics:

Decoration and ornament--Mannerist style
Furniture--United States

Period/Style:

Mannerist

Culture:

American

Accession Number:

5604

Genre:

armchairs (AAT)

Format:

Image
Physical Object

Content Type:

Furnishings & Decorative Arts
Prints & Photographs

Rights:

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Access Restrictions:

Public

Source Title:

Israel Sack, Inc., Archive

Source Created:

New York, New York, United States
1957–1990

Source Note:

Sack, February 1985
This information is taken from the Israel Sack Furniture Archive and may not reflect current scholarship.

Folder:

10976 nc, cab4dw4 misc end tiff_complete

Yale Collection:

Yale University Art Gallery

Digital Collection:

Israel Sack Furniture Archive

OID:

10992507

PID:

digcoll:1024829