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:
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement
- 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