Armchair descended in the Huger family of Charleston, South Carolina

Unidentified maker1795/1800

Georgia Museum of Art
Athens, United States

This chair has a detailed history of descent. Components of its set were pictured in a 1909 publication. Another chair from this set descended in a collateral branch of the family and is in the holdings of the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts.

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Title: Armchair descended in the Huger family of Charleston, South Carolina
Creator: Unidentified maker
Date Created: 1795/1800
Medium: Primary wood: mahogany; secondary woods: ash and yellow pine

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