 | A Windsor low-back settee by John Letchworth of Philadelphia, green paint
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 | A Pennsylvania fan-back Windsor side chair with scroll carved ears
p4A ItemID E8993748 |
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 | A square-back Windsor armchair by John Letchworth, Philadelphia, circa 1805
p4A ItemID E8976611 |
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 | A bow-back Pennsylvania Windsor armchair attributed to the workshop of John Letchworth, Philadelphia, circa 1800
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John Letchworth
American Cabinetmakers, Marked American Furniture, 1640-1940 by William C. Ketchum, Jr., offers the following information about John Letchworth: “The highly productive Philadelphia turner John Letchworth (1759-1843) produced a wide variety of Windsor from his shop on Third and Fourth streets during the period 1784-1807. He then moved to Chester County and pursued a career as an itinerant Quaker preacher. Letchworth’s chairs were branded I. LETCHWORTH and included settees; bow-back, rod-back, and comb-back side chairs; and high chairs. Arms, where present, were often of mahogany.”
