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Due Reverence: Antiques in the Possession of the American Philosophical Society, Memoirs, American Philosophical Society (Vol. 203)

Due Reverence: Antiques in the Possession of the American Philosophical Society, Memoirs, American Philosophical Society (Vol. 203)

Smith, Murphy D.

Hardcover

Series: Memoirs of the American Philosophical Society

PhilosophyFurniture

ISBN10: 0871692031
ISBN13: 9780871692030
Publisher: American Philosophical Society Press
Published: Jan 1 1992
Pages: 77
Weight: 0.83
Height: 0.25 Width: 7.00 Depth: 10.00
Language: English
This vol. evolved from a tiny segment of the author's study of the Cabinet of Curiosities of the Am. Philosophical Soc. (APS). One of the divisions of this Cabinet is Objets d'Art and he included furniture in this division. As time passed, awareness grew of several fascinating and valuable antiques in the Soc., begining with 1769. Most of the objets pertain to various presidents of the Soc., although a few are from members whose activity in the Soc. was memorable. Some items were purchased, also, or made, for the Soc. No work has been done hitherto on this furniture as a unitl. Several pieces are well known and have been researched at various times: Franklin's library chair, the Rittenhouse astronomical timepiece, the chair which Jefferson purchased in Philadelphia in 1776 and used while he wrote the Declaration of Independence, for example. Little is known of most of the various artifacts, however, or their provenance. Photos.

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