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 Baltimore Museum of Art, "Baltimore Furniture: The Work of Baltimore and Annapolis Cabinetmakers from 1760-1810", February 21-April 6, 1947, p. 154-157.
"Baltimore Painted Furniture 1880-1840", April 18-June 18, 1972, cat. #3, illus. pp. 20, 22-27
Museum and Library of Maryland History, "Francis Guy and His Maryland Career", April 10-August 15, 1981
"Baltimore Painted Furniture 1880-1840", April 18-June 18, 1972, cat. #3, illus. pp. 20, 22-27
Museum and Library of Maryland History, "Francis Guy and His Maryland Career", April 10-August 15, 1981
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.
On View at the BMA
