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James E. Wall

Armchair, ca. 1886

Description

Maker

Title

Armchair

Year

ca. 1886

Medium

Bamboo with lacquer

Materials/Techniques

Materials

Dimensions

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

Place

Boston; Massachusetts

Type

Credit

Gift of N. David Scotti

Object Number

82.111.3

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Making It In America

October 11, 2013 - February 9, 2014

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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