Armchair
Designer
John Jelliff
(American, 1813 - 1893)
Manufacturer
John Jelliff and Company
(1836 - 1890)
Date1860-1870
Geographic OriginNewark, New Jersey
DimensionsOverall: H 37 1/2 x W 30 1/2 x D 31 in. (H 95.3 x W 77.5 x D 78.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of Phebe A. Bowditch, 1968
Object number68.226
On View
Not on viewObject NameArmchair
Marks and Labels/StampsunmarkedProvenanceDonor is great granddaughter of John Jelliff, through his daughter Phebe Jelliff Lemassena, of Newark, and this came from her house in Newark.Exhibition HistoryThe Ballantine House, "How Do We Choose Things For Our Home?," Newark Museum, Newark, New Jersey (June 28, 1999 - March 14, 2020)"Century of Revivals: Nineteenth-Century American Furniture," Newark Museum, Newark, New Jersey (September 26, 1982 - July 5, 1983)
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