John and Hugh Finlay and Francis Guy
Armchair with a view of Mt. Deposit
1802-1804
Scroll
Physical Qualities
Maple and ash painted black with gilt and polychrome decoration, 33 9/16 x 22 1/8 x 21 5/8 in. (85.2 x 56.2 x 54.9 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Lydia Howard de Roth and Nancy H. DeFord Venable in Memory of their Mother, Lydia Howard DeFord; and Purchase Fund
Object Number
1966.26.8
'Mt. Deposit'
The house depicted is Mt. Deposit, owned c. 1800 by David Harris.
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Katherine Scarborough, Unique Record of Baltimore Mansions, 'The Baltimore Sun,' March 1, 1936, p. 11
BMA 'News,' June 1944, pp. 4-5
'Antiques,' Vol. XC, #3, Sept. 1966, p. 374, illus.
Elder, William Voss. Baltimore Painted Furniture, 1800-1840. Baltimore, MD: Baltimore Museum of Art, 1972, cat no. 3, page 25.
Dean A. Fales Jr., 'American Painted Furniture 1660-1880,' p. 133, illus. 133
Luke Beckerdite. American Furniture. London:Chipston Foundation, 2003, p.201, ill.
William Voss Elder III and Jayne E. Stokes, American Furniture 1680-1880, Baltimore: BMA, 1987, no. 29, pp. 45-47 [BMA 1966.26.3], no. 39, pp. 59-60 [BMA 1966.26.12], no. 121, pp. 161-163 [BMA 1966.26.13].
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