Chair, 1763-1780.

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Chair, 1763-1780.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/770379018

Mahogany armchair with serpentine crest rail; pierced, carved splat; knuckled arms with incurving supports; upholstered slip seat; carved fretwork on the seat rail; Marlborough legs with carved fretwork joined by stretchers.

Mahogany.

Winterthur Library

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Affleck, Thomas (American cabinetmaker, 1740-1795)

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Apprenticed as a cabinetmaker in Edinburgh and London, Thomas Affleck emigrated to Philadelphia in 1763. His clients included wealthy Philadelphians, some of them fellow Quakers. He also was politically active during the Revolutionary era. For more biographical information, see Philadelphia: Three Centuries of Art (Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1976), pp. 98-99. From the description of Chest, ca. 1763-1775. (Winterthur Library). WorldCat record id: 770378980 From the descripti...