Physical Qualities
Painted maple, tulip poplar, walnut; painted a putty color with polychrome and gilt and bronze decoration; replacement cane seat, 35 3/8 x 75 7/8 x 23 3/8 in. (89.9 x 192.7 x 59.4 cm.)
Credit Line
Purchased as the gift of Robert G. Merrick, Mrs. D'Arcy Paul, J. Gilman D'Arcy Paul, Mrs. Alvin Thalheimer, and Mrs. Miles White, Jr.
Object Number
1950.51
The Baltimore Museum of Art, by purchase, 1950; Mrs. Rush Sturges, Providence, Rhode Island, by 1950.
Elder, William Voss. Baltimore Painted Furniture, 1800-1840. Baltimore, MD: Baltimore Museum of Art, 1972, cat. no. 19, pages 42-43.
Elder III, William Voss and Jayne E. Stokes. American Furniture 1680-1880: From the Collection of the Baltimore Museum of Art. Baltimore: Museum of Art, 1987, p.61-61, ill. 41.
Priddy, Sumpter. American Fancy: Exuberance in the Arts 1790-1840. Milwaukee: Chipstone Foundation, 2004, p.53.
Markings: Printed in black letters across the stay rails of the two center backs: THO^sS RENSHAW N^o 37. S^t Gay S^t Balt^e John Barnhart Ornamenter
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