About the Artwork
Arm Chair
ca. 1750
William Savery
1721-1787
American
Unknown
Maple, hickory and rush
Overall: 46 × 25 5/8 × 20 1/4 inches (116.8 × 65.1 × 51.4 cm)
Furniture
American Art before 1950
City of Detroit Purchase
29.250
This work is in the public domain.
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Provenance
Reifsnyder Sale
Israel Sack
1929-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Bulletin of the DIA 11, 1 (1929): p. 11 (ill.).
Homer, W.M. "William Savery Chairmaker and Joiner." Pennsylvania Museum Bulletin 23 (February 1928): pp. 14-20 (ill.).
Reifsnyder Sale. April 24-27, 1929, no. 629.
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attributed to William Savery, Arm Chair, ca. 1750, maple, hickory and rush. Detroit Institute of Arts, City of Detroit Purchase, 29.250.
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