Chair | Armchair

Designer John Jelliff (American, 1813 - 1893)

Manufacturer John Jelliff and Company (1836 - 1890)

Date1860-1870

Geographic OriginNewark, New Jersey

MediumRosewood, metal, reproduction upholstery fabric

DimensionsOverall: H 39 in. (H 99.1 cm)

Credit LineGift of Mrs. John Laimbeer Jr., 1936

Object number36.266

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Object NameChair | Armchair

Marks and Labels/StampsunmarkedProvenancePart of a parlor set purchased by John Laimbeer, Sr., donor's father-in-law, in the 1860s for his New York City home.Exhibition History"Century of Revivals: Nineteenth-Century American Furniture," Newark Museum, Newark, New Jersey (September 26, 1982 - July 5, 1983)
"Nineteenth Century America," Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York (April 16 - September 7, 1970)
"Victorian Vignettes," Newark Museum of Art, Newark, New Jersey (1961)
"Early Furniture Made in New Jersey, 1690 - 1870," Newark Museum, Newark, New Jersey (October 10, 1958 - January 11, 1959)

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