Armchair

1904–5

Manufactured by J. S. Ford, Johnson and Company
American, 1872–early 20th century

Status: On View, Gallery 177
Department: Arts of the Americas

Artist: J.S. Ford, Johnson and Company
Title: Armchair
Place: Chicago (Object made in)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: c. 1904–1905
Medium: Brown-stained oak
Dimensions: 81 × 52 × 50 cm (31 7/8 × 20 1/2 × 19 5/8 in.)
Credit Line: Purchased with funds provided by Gilda and Henry Buchbinder
Reference Number: 1995.100
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Judith A. Barter, et al., American Arts at The Art Institute of Chicago: From Colonial Times to World War I (Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago, 1998), p. 297, no. 151.

Andrew Van Styn, Fourth Quarter Antiques, Baltimore, by 1995; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1995.

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