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Attributed to Thomas Affleck
Armchair1765-1775

On view:
Geffen Galleries
Carved mahogany armchair upholstered in cobalt-blue silk damask with a botanical pattern, trimmed with brass nailheads and raised on fretwork-carved square legs

Attributed to Thomas Affleck, Armchair, 1765-1775, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Alice Braunfeld in honor of the museum's twenty-fifth anniversary, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Attributed to
Attributed to Thomas Affleck
Scotland, active United States, 1740-1795
Title
Armchair
Place Made
United States, Philadelphia
Date Made
1765-1775
Medium
Mahogany, white oak, upholstery (replaced)
Dimensions
41 × 29 3/4 × 29 1/2 in. (104.14 × 75.57 × 74.93 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Alice Braunfeld in honor of the museum's twenty-fifth anniversary
Accession Number
M.2001.75.1
Classification
Furnishings
Collecting Area
Decorative Arts and Design
Selected Bibliography
  • Cheney, Liana De Girolami. Pre-Raphaelism and Medievalism in the Arts. Lewiston, New York: The Edwin Mellen Press, 1992.
  • Los Angeles County Museum of Art. New York: Thames and Hudson, 2003.

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