THE JOHN DICKINSON CHIPPENDALE SIDE CHAIR Philadelphia Circa 1770 Carving attributed to John Pollard (1740-1787) Primary Wood: Mahogany Secondary Woods: Yellow Pine, Atlantic White Cedar Height: 39 1 / 4 inches, Width: 22 3 / 4 inches, Depth: 17 inches
Sack, Inc., New York; E. Martin Wunsch (1924-2013), New York. The chair is from an original set of probably fourteen chairs made for Founding Father John Dickinson (all but one of the chairs from the set are known today). Coined “the Penman of the Revolution,” Dickinson was the author of a number of texts that played a critical role in America’s struggle for independence, most notably Letters from a Pennsylvania Farmer . Provenance: John Dickinson (1732-1808), Philadelphia; Possibly Sarah Norris Dickinson (1774-1854), daughter; Maria (Dickinson) Logan (1783-1860), Stenton, Germantown, sister; (Sarah) Elizabeth (Logan) Betton (1812-1859), Germantown, daughter; Samuel Betton (1842-1915), White Cottage, Germantown, son; Mary Carstairs (McMichael) Tilghman (1865-1928), niece; Benjamin Chew Tilghman III (1890-1853), son; Israel
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