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Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Chippendale Chair
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.

Chippendale Chair

Artifact IDMO 1943.57.1
Object Type Chair
Maker
Dateca. 1760
Mediumwood, fabric
Dimensionsoverall H 38 1/2 in x W 23 1/2 in x D 21 in (97.8 cm x 59.7 cm x 53.3 cm )
Physical DescriptionA Chippendale chair known as the Chew chair. The chair has a removable needlepoint seat cover in yellow, light blue, red, orange, and dark blue. The frame of the chair is ornately carved at the back and front legs. The two front legs have ball and claw feet.
Historical NoteThis Chippendale chair once belonged to Benjamin Chew, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Province of Pennsylvania in the eighteenth century. The chair was lent to Franklin Roosevelt in 1941 by his distant cousin, Margaret L. Suckley, a Chew descendent, who later donated it to the Roosevelt Library. Suckley assisted the President with the furnishing of his Study. The chair is on display in FDR'S PRIVATE STUDY in the Permanent Exhibit

Additional Details
Custodial History NoteDeposited at the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum by Margaret L. Suckley on May 24, 1941. Donated to the FDR Library by Margaret L. Suckley on December 26, 1957.
Credit LineGift of Margaret L. Suckley
National Archives Catalog CollectionFranklin D. Roosevelt Library Museum Collection (National Archives Identifier 735948)
National Archives Catalog SeriesPersonal Possessions of the Roosevelt Family (National Archives Identifier 782689)
Use Restriction StatusUnrestricted
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