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Originally a set of eight, four reproduction chairs were added in 1971. [4] Tea table (ca. 1742-70, mahogany), Philadelphia Museum of Art. [5] Side chair with rush seat (ca. 1745, maple, with Savery label), Metropolitan Museum of Art. [6] Dressing table (ca. 1745-55, maple, owned by Franklin descendants), private collection. [7]
The Metropolitan Museum of Art purchased a ladder-back chair, which was considered a peasant's chair, and was dated between the 17th and 18th centuries, in 1908. [2] It owns a pair of them made in Philadelphia between 1785–95 that resembles chairs made by Philadelphia furniture maker Daniel Trotter (1747–1800).
Walnut and burr walnut veneer side chair attributed to Giles Grendey, London, c. 1740 (Art Institute of Chicago) Ornamentation is minimal, in contrast to earlier 17th-century and William and Mary styles, which prominently featured inlay, figured veneers, paint, and carving. The cabriole leg is the "most recognizable element" of Queen Anne ...
Queen Anne side chair (1740–1755, walnut, carving attributed to Harding), sold at Christie's NY, 19 January 2002. [6] Desk-and-bookcase (1740–1755, mahogany, attributed to Harding), sold at Christie's NY, 18 January 2008. [7] The frieze across the top of this piece resembles the frieze in the Supreme Court Room of Independence Hall.
The average annual cost for a new sorority member at the University of Alabama is reportedly more than $8,000, not counting the brand-name clothing often praised throughout Bama Rush TikTok videos.
Share of the American Academy of Music, issued October 15, 1856 The Academy of Music in 1870. The Academy of Music held an inaugural ball on January 26, 1857. Following it, The New York Times described the theater as "magnificently gorgeous, brilliantly lighted, solidly constructed, finely located, beautifully ornamented" but went on to lament "all that lacks is a few singers to render it 'the ...
The Heywood Chair Factory was a manufacturing facility for bentwood chairs built at 1012 Race St. between N. 10th and N. 11th Streets in 1892 in what is now the Chinatown neighborhood of Philadelphia. It has been converted into condominiums, and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. [2]
The 60,000-plus-seat "Vet" accommodated MLB's Philadelphia Phillies and the NFL's Philadelphia Eagles for just over three decades before it was itself replaced by two new facilities. In 2003 the Eagles moved to Lincoln Financial Field , a purpose-built football/soccer stadium located SE of the Spectrum site directly across 11th Street from the ...