James E. Wall

Armchair

Maker

James E. Wall (American, active 1881-1917)

Title

Armchair

Year

ca. 1886

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

lacquer, bamboo

Geography

Place Made: Boston; Place Made: Massachusetts

Dimensions

115.6 x 55.9 x 63.5 cm (45 1/2 x 22 x 25 inches)

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of N. David Scotti

Object Number

82.111.3

Type

Exhibition History

Making It In America
Oct 11, 2013 – Feb 09, 2014

Label copy

An embodiment of the rising influence both of Asian decorative arts and American global power, this armchair was designed and assembled in Boston with bamboo imported from the East. One of three chairs purchased by Providence banker Henry Pearce for his summer house in Warwick Neck, this amalgamation of East and West carries on the legacy of the China Trade, initiated in the late 18th century by New England sea merchants such as Pearce’s own ancestor, Captain Nathaniel Pearce.

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Tombstone

James E. Wall (American, active 1881-1917)
Armchair, ca. 1886
Bamboo with lacquer
115.6 x 55.9 x 63.5 cm (45 1/2 x 22 x 25 inches)
Gift of N. David Scotti 82.111.3

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