Chair | Side chair
Designer
John Jelliff
(American, 1813 - 1893)
Manufacturer
John Jelliff and Company
(1836 - 1890)
Dateca. 1850 - 1860
Geographic OriginNewark, New Jersey
DimensionsOverall: H 41 × W 19 1/2 × D 18 in. (104.1 × 49.5 × 45.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Robert H. Southard, 1952
Object number52.45
On View
On viewObject NameChair | Side chair
ProvenanceChair originally in the home of Moses Bigelow, mayor of Newark (1857-1854), grandfather of donor, from her brother's estate.Exhibition HistoryThe Ballantine House, Reception Room, The Newark Museum of Art, Newark, New Jersey (November 15, 1976 - ongoing)"Century of Revivals: Nineteenth-Century American Furniture," Newark Museum, Newark, New Jersey (September 26, 1982 - July 5, 1983)
"John Jelliff: Newark Cabinetmaker," Newark Museum, Newark, New Jersey (May 18 - December 29, 1966)
"Victorian Vignettes," Newark Museum, Newark, New Jersey (July 1961 - April 1962)
"Early Furniture Made in New Jersey: 1690-1870," Newark Museum, Newark, New Jersey (October 10, 1958 - January 11, 1959)
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