Monumental Gothic Revival Armchair

ca. 1857

Alexander Jackson Davis, Designer William Burns and Brother, Manufacturer

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Title Monumental Gothic Revival Armchair

Artwork Date ca. 1857

Makers Alexander Jackson Davis (Designer) American, 1803 - 1892 William Burns and Brother (Manufacturer) American

Medium Oak with modern upholstery

Dimensions Overall: 62 5/8 × 30 1/2 × 34 1/2 inches (159.1 × 77.5 × 87.6 cm)

Classification Furniture

Department American Art before 1950

Credit Museum Purchase, Gibbs-Williams Fund

Accession Number This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection. Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings. For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups. 2013.15

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John J. Herrick (1816/17-1887), for his estate, Ericstan, in Tarrytown, New York (by repute) To Edward Maynard, about 1865, when Maynard purchased Ericstan with its contents To Alfrederic Smith Hatch (1829-1906), when he acquired Ericstan By descent in the family of Alfrederic Smith Hatch until 1982. To Lee B. Anderson (1918–2010) [Sotheby’s, New York, January 26, 2013, lot 475] 2013-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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attributed to Alexander Jackson Davis; attributed to William Burns and Brother, Monumental Gothic Revival Armchair, ca. 1857, oak with modern upholstery. Detroit Institute of Arts, Museum Purchase, Gibbs-Williams Fund, 2013.15.

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